Verbal and Visual Translation of Mayakovsky's and Lissitsky's "For Reading Out Loud.".

Lange, Martha Scotford

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ERIC Number: EJ402155

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Publication Date: 1988

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Verbal and Visual Translation of Mayakovsky's and Lissitsky's "For Reading Out Loud."

Lange, Martha Scotford

Visible Language, v22 n2-3 p195-222 Spr 1988

Explores difficulties in translating and understanding visual poetry created by a linguistically different culture. Provides historical context and analyzes the design process of El Lissitzky's typographic presentation of Vladimir Mayakovsky's poems. Transposes the visual wordplays found in the original Cyrillic typography into the Roman alphabet. (KEH)

Descriptors: Content Analysis, Creative Expression, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cyrillic Alphabet, Foreign Countries, Literature Appreciation, Poetry, Russian Literature, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Translation, Twentieth Century Literature, Visual Arts

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: USSR

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