Intertextual meetings: a dialogue between Hélene Cixous and Jacques Derrida Cover Image

Spotkania intertekstualne. O dialogu Hélène Cixous z Jacques’em Derridą
Intertextual meetings: a dialogue between Hélene Cixous and Jacques Derrida

Author(s): Aleksander Kopka
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: intertext meetings; dialog; Hélène Cixous; Jacques Derrida;

Summary/Abstract: Where else, if not “in a text”, can two bright minds, or two writers, meet? Is it possible for two intellectuals who engage in a dialogue to understand each other without appropriation, i.e. without constantly borrowing from each other and commenting on each other’s ideas? This essay is an attempt at answering these questions by using the unique relation between Hélène Cixous and Jacques Derrida as an example. The friendship between these two is based on efforts to understand each other’s thoughts and writings – but all this is not without respect for each other’s singularity, sovereignty and intimacy.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 207-219
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish