Anagrams in the Context of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Notes (from the Collection of Bibliothèque de Genève) Cover Image

Anagramy w kontekście notatników Ferdinanda de Saussure’a (ze zbiorów Bibliothèque de Genève)
Anagrams in the Context of Ferdinand de Saussure’s Notes (from the Collection of Bibliothèque de Genève)

Author(s): Adam Dziadek
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: anagram; anagram as quasi-genre; phonetic anagram; anagrammatic writing; somatic text

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the anagram in the three overlapping fields, namely a stylistic mode of expression, a quasi-genre, and Ferdinand de Saussure’s phonetic anagram. This description reaches for anagram history, traces its ancient sources and demonstrates its development in old literature, in surrealist texts and—in a broader sense—in modernist ones, and also includes into the scope of research the most recent pieces. The most vital part of the article is the one devoted to de Saussure’s anagrams. Adam Dziadek refers directly to the notes made by the Genevan linguist and stresses the significant role that the anagram theory played in the shaping of anagrammatic writing and modern text theory, as well as their connections with somatic aspects of poetic language.

  • Issue Year: 113/2024
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 149-165
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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