Parasites, Viruses, and Baisetioles : Poetry as Viral Language

IF 0.3 3区 文学 0 LITERATURE SUB-STANCE Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1353/sub.2023.a907148
Philip Mills
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Abstract: Austin’s (in)famous characterization of poetry as parasitical has been subject to many interpretations, from Derrida’s considering it a limit of and a central problem in Austin’s theory to Cavell’s attempt to reintegrate poetic uses of language within the framework of Ordinary Language Philosophy. In this essay, I argue that poetry, rather than being excluded from the realm of the performative, can be considered as a performative dispositif that acts upon ordinary language and, through it, upon our forms of life. To reevaluate poetry, I suggest moving from the ‘parasite’ metaphor (poetry is passively feeding on ordinary uses of language) to a ‘virus’ metaphor (poetry is actively disrupting ordinary uses of language). By building on works of French theorists and poets Christophe Hanna, Franck Leibovici, and Manuel Joseph among others, I explore how poetry reveals the virality of language.
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寄生虫、病毒和寄生虫:作为病毒语言的诗歌
摘要:奥斯丁著名的“诗是寄生的”这一特征受到了许多解释,从德里达认为这是奥斯丁理论的一个限制和中心问题,到卡维尔试图在日常语言哲学的框架内重新整合语言的诗意使用。在这篇文章中,我认为诗歌,而不是被排除在表演的领域之外,可以被认为是一种表演的决定因素,它作用于日常语言,并通过它作用于我们的生活形式。为了重新评价诗歌,我建议从“寄生虫”隐喻(诗歌被动地以语言的普通用途为食)转向“病毒”隐喻(诗歌积极地破坏语言的普通用途)。通过法国理论家和诗人克里斯托夫·汉纳、弗兰克·莱博维奇和曼努埃尔·约瑟夫等人的作品,我探索诗歌如何揭示语言的病毒性。
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