THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY BETWEEN PRESENCE AND TRACE: FROM PAUL VALÉRY TO ORHAN PAMUK’S THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE
THE LANGUAGE OF THE BODY BETWEEN PRESENCE AND TRACE: FROM PAUL VALÉRY TO ORHAN PAMUK’S THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE
Author(s): Daniela-Eugenia Stoian (Dinu)Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Foreign languages learning, Fiction, Studies of Literature, Novel, Turkish Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature, Turkic languages, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: Valéry; Pamuk; body language; memory; trace; phenomenology; archive
Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a comparative reading of Paul Valéry’s reflections on the language of the body and Orhan Pamuk’s narrative museography in The Museum of Innocence. From a phenomenological and hermeneutic perspective, we analyze the body as a site of memory and as a sensory archive. Drawing on the contributions of Merleau-Ponty, Paul Ricoeur, and Roland Barthes, we argue that, in both Valéry and Pamuk, the body exceeds mere materiality to become a structure of meaning in which presence and absence enter into a dialectical relationship.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2026
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 785-790
- Page Count: 6
- Language: French
