tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post3620736933338285944..comments2024-03-27T11:10:57.384-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: Loon Haiku by Rebecca DrouilhetChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-67150830366059742362013-12-16T10:06:33.439-05:002013-12-16T10:06:33.439-05:00One more comment on the use of synaesthesia:
Mor...One more comment on the use of synaesthesia:<br /><br />More importantly, juxtaposed images of some haiku engage the reader in more than one sense, as can be seen in the following ones by Basho:<br /><br />Their fragrance<br />Is whiter than peach blossoms<br />The daffodils<br /><br />Over the even sea<br />The wild ducks' cry<br />Is faintly white<br /><br />It is whiter<br />Than the rocks of Ishiyama<br />The autumn wind<br /><br /><br /><br />Onions lie<br />Washed in white<br />How chilly it is 38<br /><br />A color is employed to suggest the quality of scent, a crying sound, a tactile sensation, or a temperature. 39 As in the case of the Kabuki theatre, Eisenstein argues that the montage effect of haiku results in the experience of synaesthesia or multisensory experience. 40 This characteristic helps him to develop the key principles of audiovisual montage and color-sound montage. 41<br /><br />-- excerpted from my Haiku Reality essay, titled "Haiku as Ideogrammatic Montage: A Linguistic-Cinematic Perspective"Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-20742417958166833152013-12-16T10:01:32.591-05:002013-12-16T10:01:32.591-05:00Rebecca's emotionally effective use of synaest...Rebecca's emotionally effective use of synaesthesia adds one more layer of meaning to this visually riveting haiku.<br /><br />Note: Loon: 'Any of several fish-eating, diving birds of the genus Gavia of northern regions, having a short tail, webbed feet, and a laughlike cry.'<br /><br />Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com