Aeneas Goes North: Russian Translations of Vergil’s Roman National Epic

• In Event: Translation as Liberation: Breaking the Barriers

Abstract

This talk will focus on Russian translations of Vergil's "Aeneid" and the fact that even today there is no canonical translation like there are ones for Homer by Gnedich and Zhukovsky. I will explore the struggle that even most accomplished poets, like Valerii Brisuov or Afanasii Fet, faced when approaching Vergil’s text with “foreignizing” or “domesticating” translation practices.

Author

• Zara Martirosova Torlone, Miami U of Ohio