lexicography/pher as a literary/philosophical motif
Olga Meerson
meersono at GEORGETOWN.EDU
Fri Jun 20 14:14:31 UTC 2008
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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