lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical motif
Olga Meerson
meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU
Fri Jun 20 13:21:59 UTC 2008
Milorad Pavic? Pelevin (esp. in empire-V)? Leskov? A fascinating topic! Congratulations!
o.m.
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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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