משמעות ואנטי משמעות כ"עירו ועיבם": הפובקציהשל התמוה
This article offers a critical reconsideration of S. Y. Agnon's "Edo and Enam." In lieu of the usual allegorical approach to the apparently meaningless or absurd elements in the story, e.g., the alliteration of characters' names, and of entire paragraphs in the story, the mixture...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Hebrew |
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The National Association of Professors of Hebrew
1984
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Hebrew studies
Year: 1984, Volume: 25, Pages: 142-147 |
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| Summary: | This article offers a critical reconsideration of S. Y. Agnon's "Edo and Enam." In lieu of the usual allegorical approach to the apparently meaningless or absurd elements in the story, e.g., the alliteration of characters' names, and of entire paragraphs in the story, the mixture of fantasy and realism and unrecognizable neologisms and collocations, this article suggests that these elements not be interpreted but recognized for their affective power. The impact of these disruptive elements is to confuse the reader and force him/her to constantly rethink his/her own understanding and readjust it. This is precisely the function of romantic irony, the self irony of the author who signals to the reader that the narrative is fictional, imaginary, an artistic creation. Considered in this light, Edo and Enam turns from a story about the ancient hymns of Enam and the mysterious language of Edo, into a story about poetic art, and the mysteries of human language in general. The techniques of embedding (the story consists of Gamzu's story within the nameless narrator's story), and the dynamic ironic distance between implied author, unreliable narrator and Gamzu, the narrator-participant, lend further credence to the interpretation of Edo and Enam and mainly a story about the making of a story. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-1681 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
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