lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical motif

[Olga Meerson]

Yes! Another thing or two: Dm. Bykov's Orfografiia. Also, Venichka Erofeev, esp. in Moskva-Petushki. I have read a wonderful book by Maxim Krongauz, a linguist. It is called The Russian Language on the Verge of Breakdown (after Almodovar). There are some interesting examples of today's fiction written in the form of a dictionary (with a more or less transparent laying-bare-of-the-device).
o.m.


----- Original Message -----
From: Olga Meerson <meersono at georgetown.edu>
Date: Friday, June 20, 2008 9:21 am
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical motif

> Milorad Pavic? Pelevin (esp. in empire-V)? Leskov? A fascinating 
> topic! Congratulations!
> o.m.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Toma Tasovac <ttasovac at PRINCETON.EDU>
> Date: Friday, June 20, 2008 7:40 am
> Subject: [SEELANGS] lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical 
> motif
> > Dear colleagues,
> > 
> > I'm interested in the literary and philosophical treatment of  
> > lexicography and the figure of the lexicographer on his/her 
> elusive 
> > 
> > quest for meaning, identity and satisfaction in and against 
> > language,  
> > which runs the gamut from mediocrity (Flauber't ridicule of 
> Charles 
> > 
> > Bovary's extensive and systematic use of the French-Latin 
> > dictionary,  
> > for instance) to madness (Roget's obsessive-compulsive 
> compilation 
> > of  
> > lists of all sorts, or the celebrated case of the committed -- in 
> 
> > both senses of the word -- OED contributor William Chester Minor).
> > 
> > I'd like to dip into the collective brain of this list and 
> solicit  
> > examples -- Slavic or non-Slavic -- of poetry (e.g. Neruda's Odo 
> al 
> > 
> > Diccionario), fiction (such as Bruno Frank's Der Reisepaß, Pavic' 
> 
> > ???????? ??????), essays written by non-lexicogrphers  
> > (e.g. Sartre writing about the fascinating pictures in Nouveau  
> > Larousse illustré, or Borges' preface to Diccionario 
> enciclopédico  
> > Grijalbo), dictionaries written by non-lexicographers (Voltaire's 
>  
> > Dictionnaire philosophique, Flaubert's Dictionnaire des idées  
> > reçues, Solzhenitsin's ??????? ???????  
> > ????????? ??????????) or any other literary/ 
> > philosophical texts in which the theory and practice of 
> collecting  
> > and defining words plays a thematic, metaphoric or structural role.
> > 
> > Any tips or references, no matter how small, would be 
> appreciated.  
> > Many thanks in advance.
> > 
> > All best,
> > Toma
> > 
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