Haiku
Maryam Nasibzadeh/881131464
2013
Japanese Haiku vs. Western Haiku
World Literature Master: Dr. Ali akbari
Introduction
Haiku is a form of poetry which concerns the relation between nature and its link to human condition, and is expressed in the smallest of literary fragments. A poem, which traditionally consists of only 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5, 7, 5, is written in extreme briefness but makes clear statement and imagery to capture the moment.
Originally established by Japanese masters, Matsuo Basho and Ueshima Onitsura in 17th century, haiku entered the western world as a result of the imagist movement in the early 20th century across North America. Mainstream poets of the time like Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell began to write poems they called Hokku. Other translations of Japanese works inspired other westerners, notably Jack Kerouac and Richard Wright to attempt original Haiku into English. Nick Virgilio, one of the first western haiku poets was the one to break down the traditional 5-7-5 syllable rule, thus becoming the most influential.
In this paper it is intended to compare the works of traditional haiku masters, Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki, to that of notable western poets such as Jack Kerouac, Richard Wright, Don Eulent and especially Nick Virgilio, concerning them being one of the first who introduced haiku to the western world.
The Nature of Japanese Haiku
Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterized by three qualities:
· The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru) This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a "cutting word" (kireji) between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
· Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively. Any one of the three phrases
2013
Japanese Haiku vs. Western Haiku
World Literature Master: Dr. Ali akbari
Introduction
Haiku is a form of poetry which concerns the relation between nature and its link to human condition, and is expressed in the smallest of literary fragments. A poem, which traditionally consists of only 17 syllables arranged in 3 lines of 5, 7, 5, is written in extreme briefness but makes clear statement and imagery to capture the moment.
Originally established by Japanese masters, Matsuo Basho and Ueshima Onitsura in 17th century, haiku entered the western world as a result of the imagist movement in the early 20th century across North America. Mainstream poets of the time like Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell began to write poems they called Hokku. Other translations of Japanese works inspired other westerners, notably Jack Kerouac and Richard Wright to attempt original Haiku into English. Nick Virgilio, one of the first western haiku poets was the one to break down the traditional 5-7-5 syllable rule, thus becoming the most influential.
In this paper it is intended to compare the works of traditional haiku masters, Matsuo Basho, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki, to that of notable western poets such as Jack Kerouac, Richard Wright, Don Eulent and especially Nick Virgilio, concerning them being one of the first who introduced haiku to the western world.
The Nature of Japanese Haiku
Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry typically characterized by three qualities:
· The essence of haiku is "cutting" (kiru) This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a "cutting word" (kireji) between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
· Traditional haiku consist of 17 on (also known as morae), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on respectively. Any one of the three phrases