Goethe’s Song of Songs : Reorientation, World Literature

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Galili Shahar
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Abstract: The engagement of the German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) with biblical Hebrew poetry already during the early stages of his career in the 1770s and later during the Divan period (1814–27) was associated with his study of Oriental literatures. Under the influence of his mentor and friend, Johann Gottfried Herder, Goethe devoted himself to studying and translating Hebrew and Arabic sources (mostly from the Latin), among them the Song of Songs, alongside chapters from the Qurʿan. In his late work his reflections on the Hebrew biblical poem were associated with his interpretation of Persian classical poetry, first and foremost the ghazals, the love poems by Hâfiz, while composing his work Der westöstlicher Divan . This article offers a comparative study of Goethe’s translation and interpretation of Song of Songs, discussing its major motives, the dialectic of profane love and the sacred, confusion and disorientation, drunkenness, erotic desire, and gender ambiguities. It refers to Goethe’s translation of the Hebrew poem also in conjunction with a critical, decolonial review of Weltliteratur (world literature). Goethe’s Song of Songs serves us as a map of literary interactions, in which the German, the Hebrew and the Persian are brought into conversation.
歌德之歌:重新定位,世界文学
摘要:德国诗人约翰·沃尔夫冈·冯·歌德(1749-1832)在18世纪70年代的职业生涯早期和后来的Divan时期(1814-27)就开始接触圣经希伯来语诗歌,这与他对东方文学的研究有关。在他的导师和朋友约翰·戈特弗里德·赫尔德的影响下,歌德致力于研究和翻译希伯来语和阿拉伯语的资料(主要来自拉丁语),其中包括《雅歌》和《古兰经》的章节。在他的晚期作品中,他对希伯来圣经诗歌的思考与他对波斯古典诗歌的解释有关,首先是ghazals,即h菲兹的爱情诗,在创作他的作品Der westöstlicher Divan时。本文比较研究了歌德对《歌》的翻译和解释,讨论了其主要动机、世俗之爱与神圣之爱的辩证法、困惑与迷失、醉酒、情欲和性别歧义。它指的是歌德对希伯来诗的翻译,同时也结合了对世界文学的批判和非殖民化的评论。歌德的《歌之歌》为我们提供了一张文学互动的地图,在这里,德国人、希伯来人和波斯人被带入了对话。
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期刊介绍: For sixteen years, Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History has brought to the study of Jewish literature, in its many guises and periods, new methods of study and a new wholeness of approach. A unique exchange has taken place between Israeli and American scholars, as more work from Israelis has appeared in the journal. Prooftexts" thematic issues have made important contributions to the field.
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