After great pain a formal feeling comes. Quelques notes sur la formalisation lyrique du trauma
In this article, I first analyze the primordial link between lyric poetry and trauma, existing from the Greek origins of the genre. Far from merely giving voice to a unified subject, the lyric poem relies on a foundational disjunction in its mode of address, which I propose to see as a figural trace...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2015-10-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/4246 |
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| Summary: | In this article, I first analyze the primordial link between lyric poetry and trauma, existing from the Greek origins of the genre. Far from merely giving voice to a unified subject, the lyric poem relies on a foundational disjunction in its mode of address, which I propose to see as a figural trace of a wound. Consequently, it appears to be a wounded form rather than a way of expressing the vulnerability of the speaking subject. I then move on to a close reading of one poem by Emily Dickinson—“After great pain a formal feeling comes”—to throw into relief the writing strategies allowing the poetic form to contain traumatic pain, both physical and psychological, caused by death. |
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| ISSN: | 1272-3819 1969-6302 |