Self-reference in literature
This paper argues that the science of self-organizing systems and the logic of self-reference have direct consequences for the kinds of claims that have been made about self-reflexive language by a number of major modern authors and theorists, including Gide, Borges, Ricardou, Foucault, Lacan, Derri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1989
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Poetics
Year: 1989, Volume: 18, Issue: 6, Pages: 491-515 |
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Literature
B Immitation B Self-reference B Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946) B Game theory B Speculation B Self-organization B Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849) B Deconstruction B Money B Gide, André (1869-1951) B Girard, René (1923-2015) B Speculum B Lacan, Jacques (1901-1981) B Pseudonarzißmus |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that the science of self-organizing systems and the logic of self-reference have direct consequences for the kinds of claims that have been made about self-reflexive language by a number of major modern authors and theorists, including Gide, Borges, Ricardou, Foucault, Lacan, Derrida and Girard. It proposes a basic rethinking of our attitude towards literary self-reference. The argument takes the form of a triangle whose three points are: literature, specularity, and money. Regarding the relationship between literature and specularity, two types of reflexive literature are distinguished: the ‘mise-en-abyme’ type and the self-engulfing artifact. Money and its relation to the text is the theme of the counterfeiting of reality by literature. The last side of the triangle is about financial speculation. |
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| ISSN: | 0304-422X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Poetics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1016/0304-422X(89)90009-0 |