시인으로서의 강용흘

• 영문명: Younghill Kang as a Poet
• 발행기관: 한국외국어대학교 영미연구소
• 저자명: 김욱동(Wook Dong Kim)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미연구』제11집, 3~24쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 지역학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.12.01

영문 초록

  This article aims at examining some poems written by Younghill Kang(1903-1972) who has often been hailed not only as the first Korean American writer, but also as one of the first Asian American writers. Although he wanted to be recognized as a poet rather than a novelist, his poems fell short of expectations. Imitative of such an English Romantic poet as William Wordsworth, they are often immature and ill-conceived. The same can be said of his translations of Korean poems. Aided by his wife Frances Keely who published poems in the United States, Kang translated some traditional and modern Korean poems. His command of English, however, is not refreshing. In rendering some Korean poems into English, he fails to grasp the original savor and spirits. In particular, co-translation by Kang and his wife of Yong-Woon Han"s Meditations of the Lover are notorious for mistranslation and near-mistranslation. In sum, Younghill Kang was a novelist, but hardly a poet.

키워드

강용흘 한국계 미국 문학 소수민족 문학 번역 이론 Younghill Kang Korean American literature minority literature translation studies