Репрезентация и сила у Яворов
Representation And Force In Yavorov’s Poetry

Author(s): Moris Fadel
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Национална академия за театрално и филмово изкуство „Кр. Сарафов“
Keywords: representation; power; performativity; figurativity; soul; self
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the relationship between two categories in the texts of the Bulgarian poet Peyo Yavorov: representation and force. The representation is the ability of language to represent, i.e., to build images and to symbolize extratextual reality. It is expressed by the figurativity. The figure is a structure with two levels: one (literal) represents the other (figurative). The force in language, its performativity, lies in the energy of signification. It is non-representational. In Yavorov’s works, the representation and force are concretized by the self and the soul. The self is the pure force of the subject’s presence in the poet’s poems, while the soul reveals the perspective of the figurativity. Self and soul, power and representation are in a strange interplay. The self is the performative power of language to signify, but, in order to be recognized as presence, it needs the representation, the soul. At the end of the article, a new interpretation of the split of Yavorov’s works is presented

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