詩の中のマオリ語に想いを寄せて(1)

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There are many Maori words used in New Zealand poems written by either pakeha or Maori. The purpose of this article is to introduce some Maori words appeared in Summer Wedding written by Albert Wendt and to express my thoughts about the Maori words concerned. Wendt is a South Pacific writer with an international reputation educated in New Zealand. He was born in Western Samoa in 1939. At the age of 13, he went to New Zealand and attended New Plymouth Boy's high school, Victoria university, graduating with an MA in history. Wendt returned Western Samoa to teach in 1965 and served as a professor or educational staff before taking up a chair in English at the University of Auckland. Although his works deals mainly with Samoan life, it also relates to universal concerns. His novels include Sons for the Return Home, Leaves of the Bayan Tree, which won the Wattie Book of the Year Award, and 01a, Inside us the Dead and Photographs are collections of poetry. I selected Summer Wedding this time.
2002-06-22