The ABCs of Conceptual Writing
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8910048 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jacquelyn Ardam (University of California, Los Angeles, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2014 |
| Volumen | 51 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 132-158 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2014-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Comparative Literature Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0010-4132 • E-ISSN: 1528-4212 |
| Editorial | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/complitstudies.51.1.0132 |
| OpenAlex | W138888527 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 9 |
This article considers the central role of the alphabetic sequence in the conceptual writing movement, which has emerged as the dominant avant-garde in poetry in the past decade. By looking at alphabetic conceptual works through a formal lens, it argues that conceptual writing has more in common with its textual forbears than its practitioners would often like to admit. Instead of seeking precursors to conceptual writing in conceptual visual art, it considers conceptual written works alongside other alphabetic texts, such as abecedarian poetry and reference texts, to provide a new context for approaching conceptual writing formally. By focusing in particular on Kenneth Goldsmith's No. 111 2.7.93–10.20.96, the article argues that close reading conceptual work is not just possible, but essential, and that studying form allows us not just to see conceptual procedure in action, but also the ways in which rules-based texts formally exceed their constraints and thus destabilize their conceptual frameworks. The article ultimately suggests that the alphabetic structure is the epitomic form of a movement that would like to deny form's centrality to its goals, and that alphabetization—a seemingly rote and rigid procedure—unexpectedly reveals the formal possibilities of conceptual writing
Action (physics · Conceptual framework · Conceptual history · Conceptual metaphor · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Poetry · Politics · Reading (process · Sociology · Computer Science · French Literature and Poetry · History · Philosophy · Poetry Analysis and Criticism · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 0,33 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |