| Popis: |
Stephane Mallarme’s study of rhythm extends beyond his theoretical writings, and can be traced in his prose poem ‘Le Nenuphar blanc’. The imagery of water, vegetation, and the water-lily expands the notion of place in the poem, not merely to highlight the hidden space of a woman in nature, but to extend the consideration of rhythm through a new view of nature itself. Rhythm and movement in visible natural space are amplified through the invisible, inaccessible elements below the surface of the water. Among the underwater stems of bushes and water lilies, Mallarme turns to the floating, submerged, and hidden webs of the natural world. Rather than merely redirecting our gaze towards the artificial and the manmade, the representation of nature in ‘Le Nenuphar blanc’ provides an extended, concrete model for conceptualizing a theoretical space in which an exploration of rhythm — an abstract Mallarmean category — can occur. |
