Graduate Studies
Embargoed Master's Theses
First Advisor
Jordan Stump
Committee Members
Julia Frengs, Luis Rosa
Date of this Version
4-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Citation
A thesis presented to the faculty of the Graduate College at the University of Nebraska in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts
Major: Modern Languages and Literatures
Under the supervision of Professor Jordan Stump
Lincoln, Nebraska, April 2025
Abstract
This thesis, Choses lumineuses et mortes, is the first full-length translation of United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón’s collection Bright Dead Things into French. The poems themselves explore themes of loss, motherhood, and identity, and such themes are carried over into the French translations. Choses lumineuses et mortes provides a translation that is both uniquely American and French; the poetry, including its style and structure, heavily relies on traditional themes and movements in the contemporary American poetry canon, while the language itself reflects the standards of French expression. The critical introduction provides French and Francophone readers with important historical and cultural contexts that allow them to interact more deeply with Limón’s poetry.
Advisor: Jordan Stump
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