Dog Barking at the Moon: Transcreation of a Meme in Art and Poetry

Bruno, Cosima

Abstract

This essay explores the dynamics of transcreation in art and poetry, focusing on the image of a dog barking at the moon in four Taiwanese poems. By putting them in connection with each other and with other texts from different times and artistic traditions, I wish to contribute to a dismantling of the “influence paradigm,” move beyond contestations over the comparative approach, and demonstrate a critical method that recognizes the enduring fascination for the meme but equally appreciates change, approximation and adaptation, rather than closed-off conversion from a source text to a target text.

Citation

Bruno, C. (2018). Dog Barking at the Moon: Transcreation of a Meme in Art and Poetry. Journal of modern literature in Chinese, 14(2), 161-186

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 4, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Jan 8, 2018
• Publication Date: Jan 8, 2018
• Deposit Date: Jan 11, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 11, 2018
• Journal: Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese
• Print ISSN: 1026-5120
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 161-186
• Publisher URL: https://commons.ln.edu.hk/jmlc/vol14/iss2/8/