The schizophrenic text: a reading of Wittgenstein’s Mistress
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Resumo: | The narrator in David Markson’s novel Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) is a woman who claims to be the last person in the world. She sits in a house with her typewriter, telling her memories about what happened before and after her being alone, mixing imagination and recollections with interpretations of various works of art and literature representative of our culture. Giving no clues or evidence about her situation, she is engaged in reflections and misconceptions that reflect some themes investigated by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, such as language, the nature of knowledge, and the relationship between language and reality. Entangled in a complex web of intertextuality, Kate has only language to establish her relations with the reality around her, so as to break with a near solipsism, tracing a connection, even if slender, between her inner world and that which surrounds her. The traces of schizophrenia that she presents evoke what Louis A. Sass refers to as the mistakes made by philosophers who engage in a metaphysical search, which Wittgenstein calls the "diseases of the intellect". Among these we have the exacerbation of subjective experience, a paradoxical oscillation between inner and shared reality, and a perplexed sense of the self as being everything and nothing at the same time. This research aims at analyzing such issues as presented by the narrator in the light of Sass’ study and through the philosophy of Wittgenstein, addressing both aspects of the text, the solipsist and the schizophrenic possibilities. |
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The schizophrenic text: a reading of Wittgenstein’s MistressO texto esquizofrênico: uma leitura de Wittgenstein’s MistressLiteratureSchizophreniaPhilosophyWittgensteinDavid Markson.LiteraturaEsquizofreniaFilosofiaWittgensteinDavid Markson.The narrator in David Markson’s novel Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) is a woman who claims to be the last person in the world. She sits in a house with her typewriter, telling her memories about what happened before and after her being alone, mixing imagination and recollections with interpretations of various works of art and literature representative of our culture. Giving no clues or evidence about her situation, she is engaged in reflections and misconceptions that reflect some themes investigated by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, such as language, the nature of knowledge, and the relationship between language and reality. Entangled in a complex web of intertextuality, Kate has only language to establish her relations with the reality around her, so as to break with a near solipsism, tracing a connection, even if slender, between her inner world and that which surrounds her. The traces of schizophrenia that she presents evoke what Louis A. Sass refers to as the mistakes made by philosophers who engage in a metaphysical search, which Wittgenstein calls the "diseases of the intellect". Among these we have the exacerbation of subjective experience, a paradoxical oscillation between inner and shared reality, and a perplexed sense of the self as being everything and nothing at the same time. This research aims at analyzing such issues as presented by the narrator in the light of Sass’ study and through the philosophy of Wittgenstein, addressing both aspects of the text, the solipsist and the schizophrenic possibilities.No livro do escritor norte-americano David Markson, Wittgenstein’s Mistress (1988), a narradora é uma mulher que se diz a última pessoa no mundo. Sozinha em uma casa, sentada à frente da máquina de escrever, ela conta suas memórias antes e depois de estar sozinha, misturando imaginação e lembranças com interpretações de diversas obras de arte e literatura da nossa cultura. Sem dar nenhuma pista ou prova de sua situação, a narradora constantemente se engaja em reflexões e equívocos que refletem os problemas tratados pelo filósofo Wittgenstein, quanto à linguagem, à natureza do conhecimento e à relação entre realidade e linguagem. Enredada em uma complexa rede de intertextualidade, Kate só tem a linguagem para estabelecer sua relação com uma possível exterioridade, para romper com um quase solipsismo e poder traçar uma relação, por mais efêmera que seja, entre o seu mundo interior e o mundo exterior. Sendo assim, ela apresenta traços de uma esquizofrenia que o autor Louis A. Sass compara justamente com os erros cometidos pelos filósofos que se envolvem em uma busca metafísica que Wittgenstein chamou de “doenças do intelecto”. Entre esses traços estão a exacerbação da própria experiência subjetiva, uma paradoxal oscilação entre um mundo interior e um mundo compartilhado e uma percepção perplexa do self como tudo e como nada ao mesmo tempo. Este trabalho pretende investigar tais traços na escrita dessa narradora, através do estudo de Sass e da filosofia de Wittgenstein, mostrando tanto a forma solipsista quanto esquizofrênica do seu texto.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2016-12-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/2237310.15448/1984-4301.2016.s.22373Letrônica; Vol. 9, n. supl (2016): Diálogos; s80-s96Letrônica; v. 9, n. supl (2016): Diálogos; s80-s961984-430110.15448/1984-4301.2016.sreponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/22373/15081Copyright (c) 2016 Letrônicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTomm, Davi Alexandre2016-12-09T20:41:30Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/22373Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2016-12-09T20:41:30letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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The schizophrenic text: a reading of Wittgenstein’s Mistress O texto esquizofrênico: uma leitura de Wittgenstein’s Mistress |
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The schizophrenic text: a reading of Wittgenstein’s Mistress Tomm, Davi Alexandre Literature Schizophrenia Philosophy Wittgenstein David Markson. Literatura Esquizofrenia Filosofia Wittgenstein David Markson. |
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Tomm, Davi Alexandre |
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Tomm, Davi Alexandre |
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Tomm, Davi Alexandre |
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Literature Schizophrenia Philosophy Wittgenstein David Markson. Literatura Esquizofrenia Filosofia Wittgenstein David Markson. |
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Literature Schizophrenia Philosophy Wittgenstein David Markson. Literatura Esquizofrenia Filosofia Wittgenstein David Markson. |
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The narrator in David Markson’s novel Wittgenstein's Mistress (1988) is a woman who claims to be the last person in the world. She sits in a house with her typewriter, telling her memories about what happened before and after her being alone, mixing imagination and recollections with interpretations of various works of art and literature representative of our culture. Giving no clues or evidence about her situation, she is engaged in reflections and misconceptions that reflect some themes investigated by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, such as language, the nature of knowledge, and the relationship between language and reality. Entangled in a complex web of intertextuality, Kate has only language to establish her relations with the reality around her, so as to break with a near solipsism, tracing a connection, even if slender, between her inner world and that which surrounds her. The traces of schizophrenia that she presents evoke what Louis A. Sass refers to as the mistakes made by philosophers who engage in a metaphysical search, which Wittgenstein calls the "diseases of the intellect". Among these we have the exacerbation of subjective experience, a paradoxical oscillation between inner and shared reality, and a perplexed sense of the self as being everything and nothing at the same time. This research aims at analyzing such issues as presented by the narrator in the light of Sass’ study and through the philosophy of Wittgenstein, addressing both aspects of the text, the solipsist and the schizophrenic possibilities. |
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