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The Comic Sense of Saint‐John Perse
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Titel: |
The Comic Sense of Saint‐John Perse |
In: | Orbis Litterarum, 45, 1990, 2, S. 351-362 |
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Wiley
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Umfang: | 351-362 |
ISSN: |
0105-7510 1600-0730 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1600-0730.1990.tb01973.x |
Zusammenfassung: | <jats:p>Humour is a minor element in the work of Saint‐John Perse, and has often been overlooked by critics. His comic sense is nevertheless characteristic of his poetic sensibility. Comedy arises in his work from uses of inappropriate register (too solemn or too frivolous), inapt speech‐acts (self‐defeating claims), inappropriate comparisons (with incongruities of scale or importance), and, less frequently, puns or the narration of incongruous acts (trivial or perverse). These procedures are thematically significant; they depend on clashes between three types of valued experience: natural and corporeal animation, overwhelming intensity of sensation, and sharing in community; the clashes sometimes allow a tolerant acceptance of the opposing elements, but sometimes reveal a satiric rejection of one of them. The satiric attitude tends to lead to elimination of the affected element from the text, whereas accep‐tant humour tends to lead to the maintenance of both elements. Perse's humour expresses his acceptance of the irrational and his love of free and adventurous living.</jats:p> |
Format: | E-Article |
Quelle: | Wiley (CrossRef) |
Sprache: | Englisch |