| Autor: |
Jayjit Sarkar, Jagannath Basu |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures. 4:80-89 |
| ISSN: |
2096-4374 |
| DOI: |
10.53397/hunnu.jflc.202002008 |
| Popis: |
Taking a cue from Jacques Derrida’s Glas, this paper seeks to understand the idea of thanatopraxie or embalming in art. It sees thanatopraxie as a strategy to (en)counter the prevalent idea of a “book” as the repository of the “truth” and the “divine.” It argues that a work of art can only exist in the world by transforming into “what(ever) remains” of a work— a wo—. Thanatopraxie thus, brings down a work from the realm of the transcendental and the divine to the world of banal existence. And, in order to comprehend these maneuverings, this paper looks into “Tithonus” and A Tale of a Tub as texts where the “penetrable openings” are purposely kept open for the transformation of a work (in) to a wo—. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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