The Vortex and the Labyrinth: Bruno Schulz and the Objective Correlative
The Vortex and the Labyrinth: Bruno Schulz and the Objective Correlative
Author(s): David A. GoldfarbSubject(s): Cultural history, Comparative Study of Literature, Polish Literature, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Theory of Literature, Stylistics, British Literature
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Bruno Schulz; T. S. Eliot; mythology; artistic work; reader’s emotion; metaphors;
Summary/Abstract: Bruno Schulz and T. S. Eliot both saw the production of meaning in art as a process deeply laden with the construction and conjuring of mythologies. Despite the religion of the Now and the Future, by which many would characterize Modernism, the recurring gesture of primitivism signals a concomitant yearning for origins. In this essay, I would like to explore the theoretical positions on mythology and meaning in Schulz and Eliot, and consider how they play out in the two authors' artistic work. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 11/1997
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 257-269
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English
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