Re: The Scream

frderek@xxxxxxxxxxx had it ...

HVS wrote:
On 31 Aug 2007, iwasaki wrote

It seems to be confusing that Munch's famous painting is
called several different titles in English. What the
person in the painting is doing is "scream", "shriek",
or "cry"?

I don't think it's particularly confusing: it's due to trying to
accurately translate the specific meaning of the Norwegian title
"Skrik".

The Norwegian word is apparently related to the English "shriek",
which explains that translation.

The *meaning* of "skrik", however (as I understand it -- I don't know
Norwegian and am happy to be corrected) is apparently closer to
"scream" in English than to "shriek" in English, which explains why
that's the most common name.

I assume "The Cry" (which is much less common) is yet another attempt
to get closer to the actual sense of the Norwegian "skrik" as used by
Munch.

That's interesting because 'skryke' (sp?) is a dialect word in the north
of England - obviously a Viking borrowing!

True - it's a noise made by babies. I have no idea how to spell it
though.

--
David
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