Stanisz-Lubowiecka, A;
(2019)
Granice Mimesis. "Portret owalny" Edgara Allana Poego.
Fraza
, 3-4
(101-102)
pp. 20-29.
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Abstract
This article proposes a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s Oval Portrait according to the principle of “transgression”, which contributes to the uncanny effect of the story. The author argues that in The Oval Portrait opposite realities (the past and the present, facts and fiction, the real world and the world of dreams, life and death, art and reality) interrelate in a way that shows it is very difficult to draw a line between them. Using contemporary methodologies (Derrida, Baudrillard), the author interprets the tale as a ‘story about a story’, in which the reality is incomprehensible and thus impossible to be imitated by art. Instead, it can be described by means of interpretation. In order to do so, one needs to “imprison” and “isolate” it, but also “seclude” oneself from it, leave it to its own devices, and even forget about it. Art, therefore, “reconstructs” reality, creating an analogical world, but, paradoxically – the reality this world draws upon is no longer there.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Granice Mimesis. "Portret owalny" Edgara Allana Poego |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://fraza.univ.rzeszow.pl/index.php |
| Language: | Polish |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10082756 |
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