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Supervisors:听Prof. Maria Rubins and听Dr. Peter Zusi
Email:听w.leung.17@ucl.ac.uk听
Present status:听PhD Candidate
Working title of thesis: Carrying the self across 鈥� Negotiating otherness in the translations and poetry of Valerii Pereleshin
Research:
My research focuses on the translations and poetry of Russian 茅migr茅 writer Valerii Pereleshin (1913-1992), who lived in China from 1920 to 1952 and Brazil from 1953 to 1992. Examining Pereleshin鈥檚 translation of poetry with homoerotic themes and queer translation, the study investigates how translation serves as a field of experimentation for Pereleshin to articulate his poetic voice and embrace his otherness, which is manifest in his poetry Ariel and Poem without a Subject.
This research aims to explore the creative potential of the intersection of 茅migr茅 literature and queer literature. Pereleshin鈥檚 multicultural experience, as well as his 鈥渄ialogue鈥� with Shakespeare, Pessoa and Qu Yuan through translation, contribute to a reevaluation of literary masking/unmasking, disguise and oscillation among persona, poet and translator. The examination of the relationship between translation and self-writing changes the traditional view of translation and its application in the expression of otherness.
Research interests:听Russian 茅migr茅 literature, transnational writing, world literature, queer literature and translation, life writing