台灣文學英譯叢刊(No. 47):台灣古典詩歌專輯 | 拾書所

台灣文學英譯叢刊(No. 47):台灣古典詩歌專輯

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Apart from “new poetry” composed in the vernacular language, the tradition of classical poetry originating in China has also been maintained in Taiwan. We cannot ignore the fact that those poets who continued to compose classical verse, as well as the activities of their poetry societies, are yet another aspect of the diversity of Chinese-language poetic development in Taiwan which at the same time has unique local characteristics.

Professor Huang's organization of the issue includes an introductory essay, entitled “Poems that Speak of Taiwan—Speaking of Taiwan Poetry” in which she gives a brief summary of the historical background and special character of the development of classical poetry in Taiwan.

According to her careful plan, Professor Huang divided the poems translated for this special edition into six thematic sections:

1) Taiwan and Taiwanese in the Interstices of History (6 poems)
2) Crossing the Ocean to Taiwan, Putting Down Roots that Grow Along with Chinese Culture (5 poems)
3) Poems on the Aesthetics of Natural Landscape Scenery (6 poems)
4) Climate, Natural Resources, and Food (6 poems)
5) Folk Customs, Festivals, and Sacrificial Ceremony (4 poems)
6) Poems Expressing Emotions, Sentiments and Criticisms (7 poems)

In the poetry selected for this issue we see the rich, expansive content of classical Chinese verse from Taiwan. That verse manifests the responses of Taiwanese poets to their times, to nature, to places and to people. It also reflects the many faces of Taiwan's specific temporal and geographical background through depictions of local experiences and the local spirit.

台灣詩歌的發展,除了以白話文創作的新詩之外,還有繼承中國古典詩歌傳統、延續不絕的古典詩歌創作者及其詩社活動,呈現出台灣漢詩發展的多樣性,同時又有其在地特色。

在黃美娥教授的策劃下,這一專輯的內容,除了詩選以外,本輯還有特地請黃教授撰寫一篇導論〈詩說台灣.說台灣詩〉,簡述台灣古典詩發展的歷史背景和主要特色。另一篇是黃教授撰寫的學術論文,〈實踐與轉化:日治時代臺灣傳統詩社的現代性體驗〉(摘譯)。關於詩選,共選31家,34首,根據題材,分成6個主題,以呈現台灣古典漢詩的特色。在題材上,反映社會和生活的開闊性和呼應歷史和時代的現代性。

作者簡介:

【About the Editors】
Kuo-ch'ing Tu, born in Taichung, Taiwan. His research interests include Chinese literature, Chinese poetics and literary theories, comparative literature East and West, and world literatures of Chinese (Shi-Hua wenxue). He is the author of numerous books of poetry in Chinese, as well as translator of English, Japanese, and French works into Chinese.

Terence Russell is Senior Scholar in the Asian Studies Center at the University of Manitoba. He has an interest in contemporary literature in Chinese, especially the literature of Taiwan's Indigenous people. Dr. Russell has been a regular contributor to Taiwan Literature: English Translation Series, and was the guest editor of Issue 24 on Taiwan Indigenous myths and oral literature.

Mei-e Huang is Professor of the Graduate Institute of Taiwan Literature, National Taiwan University. She has long been engaged in Taiwan literary studies and historical data studies. She has written numerous papers on Taiwan literature.

【About the Translators】
Richard Rong-bin Chen is an assistant professor at the Graduate Program in Translation and Interpretation, National Taiwan University.

Terence Russell is Senior Scholar in the Asian Studies Center at the University of Manitoba.

Sophia Shi is currently a second-year Master’s student in the East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies department at University of California, Santa Barbara.

Yang Zhao is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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