Glossary entry

Danish term or phrase:

poetiktekster

English translation:

(texts about) poetics

Added to glossary by David Young (X)
Feb 23, 2009 08:27
15 yrs ago
Danish term

poetiktekster

Danish to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Film books
"Bogen består af poetiktekster, tekster om og til udvalgte film, synopser og tekster på mange af de film, der aldrig blev til noget og ikke mindst ideer til nye film."

From description of new book by Jørgen Leth

Proposed translations

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(texts about) poetics

In Ordbog over det danske sprog they give this definition:
"læren om, reglerne for digte- kunsten; ogs. om en vis opfattelse af digtningens væsen, digterens kald og stilling osv"

So the English equivalent to "poetik" would be "poetics" i.e. the art of writing poetry and poetic theory or practice - and in this case the term seems to be used in relation to the "film language" used in Jørgen Leths films, hence the quote below.

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You're welcome, David. Search engines sometimes work in strange ways...
Example sentence:

I "Poetik" reflekteres der over filmsproget, og de fornyelser Jørgen Leth med mange gode medarbejdere har tilført det.

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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "The perfect link, Mette. Can't understand why I didn't see it on Google. Many thanks"
24 mins

poetic texts

The Nature of Poetic Texts
poeticstoday.dukejournals.org/cgi/reprint/26/3/535.pdf
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