The System of Images in del Valle-Inclan’s Poem "Rosa de mi Abril" as Represented in Three Russian Translations
The paper discusses the lyrics of the famous Spanish writer R.M. Valle-Inclán. From the standpoint of cognitive and cultural linguistics we analyze the imagery of a verse from the poetic cycle “Pasajero”, which treats the key modernist symbols: rose, sea, siren, spring. The poem was translated into Russian by Mark Samayev with maximum care for the semantic connotations and emotional expressiveness of its content. Within the current decade two more translations have been made, which offer a different treatment of the poet’s imagery. Their comparative analysis, allowing one to delve into the multi-layer associations connected with Valle Inclân’s favorite image, is the main focus in this paper.