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Interpretacja jako kryptonimia, czyli Nicolasa Abrahama i Marii Torok czytanie podejrzliwe
Interpretation as Cryptonymy, or: The Curved Reading of Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok

Author(s): Ireneusz Piekarski
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Theory of Literature
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: cryptonymy; suspicious reading; theory of interpretation; Nicolas Abraham; Maria Torok

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the reading strategy known as ‘cryptonymy’ and possible ways in which it can be applied in literary studies. Piekarski presents the analysis of the Wolf Man’s case by Nicolas Abraham and Maria Torok – two psychoanalysts who pointed out new interpretive perspectives in both psychotherapy and in literary scholarship. The article outlines the advantages and risks associated with the cryptonymic mode of reading literary works.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 275-299
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish