Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan

<p>The purpose of this text is to address<br />the intersection between horror<br />and war and its expression in the<br />work of Paul Celan. It examines<br />one of these manifestations, silence,<br />from the perspective of psychoanalysis<br />and then go...

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Main Author: David Jiménez Arenas
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2014-10-01
Series:Desde el Jardín de Freud
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Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/jardin/article/view/46119
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description <p>The purpose of this text is to address<br />the intersection between horror<br />and war and its expression in the<br />work of Paul Celan. It examines<br />one of these manifestations, silence,<br />from the perspective of psychoanalysis<br />and then goes on to discuss<br />the ways in which silence occurs<br />in poetry. The conclusion is that<br />silence arises due to the impossibility<br />of ciphering horror by resorting<br />to the letter.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-bf6edc95e5f14a9e9997db2ac738c6db2022-12-21T19:30:08ZspaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaDesde el Jardín de Freud1657-39862256-54772014-10-0101415917010.15446/djf.v14n14.4611937659Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul CelanDavid Jiménez Arenas0Universidad de Boyacá, Sogamoso, Colombia<p>The purpose of this text is to address<br />the intersection between horror<br />and war and its expression in the<br />work of Paul Celan. It examines<br />one of these manifestations, silence,<br />from the perspective of psychoanalysis<br />and then goes on to discuss<br />the ways in which silence occurs<br />in poetry. The conclusion is that<br />silence arises due to the impossibility<br />of ciphering horror by resorting<br />to the letter.</p>http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/jardin/article/view/46119Cifra, horror, letra, muerte, silencio.
spellingShingle David Jiménez Arenas
Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
Desde el Jardín de Freud
Cifra, horror, letra, muerte, silencio.
title Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
title_full Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
title_fullStr Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
title_full_unstemmed Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
title_short Ciphering the Unnamable through the Letter: Horror in the Poetry of Paul Celan
title_sort ciphering the unnamable through the letter horror in the poetry of paul celan
topic Cifra, horror, letra, muerte, silencio.
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/jardin/article/view/46119
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