Tirra Lirra by the River: translation and commentary of the poem The Lady of Shalott, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

• Grant number: 17/23103-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2018
• End date: January 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Modern Foreign Languages
• Principal Investigator: John Milton
• Grantee: Pedro Mohallem Rodrigues Duarte
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research aims to make a critical analysis of the poem "The Lady of Shalott", by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), as well as to translate it to Portuguese. The main objective of this project is to recover and spread Tennyson's poetical work, of which much still lacks a Portuguese version, and to emphasize its sophistication, which great part of the Modern Criticism tended to belittle. Furthermore, we believe our translation of "The Lady of Shalott" to be the very first one to Portuguese. (AU)