Situating Pablo Neruda in the domain of World Literature : The Universality in his Selected Poems
Nabamita Halder Annie Swetha
Masters of English with Communication Studies Masters of English with Communication Studies
Christ University Christ University
Bengaluru Bengaluru
Abstract
World literature defines a space that is post-colonial, non-canonical and largely post-modern. It amalgamates the global and the local, making the literature a cultural impetus. Reality constitutes of perception and imagination, which are subjective, disoriented, dissociative and associative in nature. The present paper attempts to situate Neruda in the domain of World Literatures through David Damrosch’s perspective on World Literatures. …show more content…
Translation immortalises time in texts and reinvents historical identities. Translation has made it possible for us to read Neruda in the field of World Literatures. The importance of the context of Neruda’s works “is to broaden the reader’s horizons through the encounter with cultural differences” (9), as said by Damrosch in his essay, World Literature Today : From the Old World to the Whole …show more content…
Neruda’s poems refract the universal nature of the tensions and the possibilities present in the reality through his individual and confessional views.
In his essay Frames for World Literature, David Damrosch states that “…world literature operates in a multi-dimensional space, in relationship to four frames of reference: the global, the regional, the national, and the individual. Similarly, works of Neruda manifolds in multiple perspectives as remarked by Jaime Alazraki in “Books Abroad”, “Neruda is not merely chronicling historical events…the epic of the continent intertwines with his own epic.” Neruda, indeed, transcends the frames of the global and the individual and contributes to domain of world literature.
Neruda’s diverse experience that he gained through his journeys and travels in Asia and Europe, and acquaintances with artists expanded the scope of his content and themes. Neruda embarks on broad universal motifs with a subjective, personal tone; and also paints austere depiction of the modern culture and society. From these markers, Pablo Neruda can be read as a poet under World
Nabamita Halder Annie Swetha
Masters of English with Communication Studies Masters of English with Communication Studies
Christ University Christ University
Bengaluru Bengaluru
Abstract
World literature defines a space that is post-colonial, non-canonical and largely post-modern. It amalgamates the global and the local, making the literature a cultural impetus. Reality constitutes of perception and imagination, which are subjective, disoriented, dissociative and associative in nature. The present paper attempts to situate Neruda in the domain of World Literatures through David Damrosch’s perspective on World Literatures. …show more content…
Translation immortalises time in texts and reinvents historical identities. Translation has made it possible for us to read Neruda in the field of World Literatures. The importance of the context of Neruda’s works “is to broaden the reader’s horizons through the encounter with cultural differences” (9), as said by Damrosch in his essay, World Literature Today : From the Old World to the Whole …show more content…
Neruda’s poems refract the universal nature of the tensions and the possibilities present in the reality through his individual and confessional views.
In his essay Frames for World Literature, David Damrosch states that “…world literature operates in a multi-dimensional space, in relationship to four frames of reference: the global, the regional, the national, and the individual. Similarly, works of Neruda manifolds in multiple perspectives as remarked by Jaime Alazraki in “Books Abroad”, “Neruda is not merely chronicling historical events…the epic of the continent intertwines with his own epic.” Neruda, indeed, transcends the frames of the global and the individual and contributes to domain of world literature.
Neruda’s diverse experience that he gained through his journeys and travels in Asia and Europe, and acquaintances with artists expanded the scope of his content and themes. Neruda embarks on broad universal motifs with a subjective, personal tone; and also paints austere depiction of the modern culture and society. From these markers, Pablo Neruda can be read as a poet under World