Silence in Modern Literature and Philosophy

Beckett, Barthes, Nancy, Stevens

Autori

• Thomas Gould

Parametri

• 208 pagine
• 8 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Libri di testo
• Libri di testo universitari
• Mappe e viaggi
• Pedagogia

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This book discusses the elusive centrality of silence in modern literature and philosophy, focusing on the writing and theory of Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, the prose of Samuel Beckett, and the poetry of Wallace Stevens. It suggests that silence is best understood according to two categories: apophasis and reticence. Apophasis is associated with theology, and relates to a silence of ineffability and transcendence; reticence is associated with phenomenology, and relates to a silence of listenership and speechlessness. In a series of diverse though interrelated readings, the study examines figures of broken silence and silent voice in the prose of Samuel Beckett, the notion of shared silence in Jean-Luc Nancy and Roland Barthes, and ways in which the poetry of Wallace Stevens mounts lyrical negotiations with forms of unsayability and speechlessness.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2018

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