Rebuke
From Trope to Event in Paul Celan's “Zähle die Mandeln”
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20658283 |
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| Authors | Brian Tucker (Wabash College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 257-274 |
| Publication date | 2013-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The German Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0016-8831 • E-ISSN: 1756-1183 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/gequ.10182 |
| OpenAlex | W1992326027 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
“Zähle die Mandeln” has often been interpreted as a metaphorical encoding of European history or of Celan's biography. In this paper, I propose, however, that the poem be read with an eye toward linguistic enactment, toward what the words do in addition to what they say. When one reads in this way, one finds that the poem itself calls into question a metaphorical mode of interpretation. “Zähle die Mandeln” embodies the tension between representation and performance and stages, within language, a passage from trope to event. I ultimately argue that the poem's willful suspension of image and reference, far from denying history, enacts its more radical engagement with history
Art · Event (particle physics) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Poetry · Politics · Representation (politics) · Theology · Trope (literature) · History · Law · Literature and Cultural Memory · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism
| Highly cited | No |
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