The Jouissance of Influence
Being and Following the Writer in Michiel Heyns's The Typewriter's Tale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20156802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen Scherzinger (University of Johannesburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-19 |
| Publication date | 2010-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Literary Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0256-4718 • E-ISSN: 1753-5387 |
| Publisher | Unisa Press (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02564710903495446 |
| OpenAlex | W2057836332 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
In Frieda Wroth's attempts to balance the demands of her role as amanuensis with her desire to be an author, we can also see Heyns speculate self-reflexively upon the problems and delights attendant upon writing creatively about a writer. The parallels between Heyns and Frieda extend beyond the merely allegorical: they inflect the novel's central ethical dilemma, as well as its negotiation between parody and homage. Writing is intimately associated with telepathy and mediation, activities which are associated, in turn, with the erotic. The effect of jouissance inspired by these metafictional correspondences may be regarded as a challenge to late- twentieth-century debates concerning authority and influence. Opsomming In Frieda Wroth se pogings om die vereistes van haar rol as amanuensis uit te balanseer met haar begeerte om outeur te wees, merk ons ook Heyns se self- refleksiewe bepeinsinge aangaande die probleme en vreugdes wat die kreatiewe skryf oor 'n skrywer vergesel. Die ooreenkomste tussen Heyns en Frieda oorskrei die bloot allegoriese: hulle flekteer die etiese dilemma wat aan die kern van die novelle staan, asook die teks se verhandeling tussen parodie en eerbetoon. Skryf is intiem verbind met telepatie en nabetragting, aktiwiteite wat op hul beurt geasso- sieer word met die erotiese. Die effek van jouissance wat geïnspireer word deur hierdie ooreenkomste kan beskou word as 'n uitdaging aan laat twintigste eeuse redetwiste aangaande gesag en invloed
Physics · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Digital Humanities and Scholarship · Narrative Theory and Analysis
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |