The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida

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Autor(a) principal: Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Mansur, Miriam Piedade
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: CASA: Cadernos de Semiótica Aplicada
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/casa/article/view/1769
Resumo: The purpose of this essay on the visual metaphors of Paradise Lost is to demonstrate that John Milton’s phrase “darkness visible” and other lines of Paradise Lost, to a certain extent, adumbrated the post-structuralist stance on vision, that is, the need to mistrust the immediacy of physical sight and to search for a deeper reflection upon the superficiality of images. Milton’s “darkness visible” perspective is compatible, in the view of this essay, with that of Jacques Derrida in his book Memoirs of the Blind (1993). The Algerian-French philosopher proposes two types of blindness: the sacrificial and the transcendental. Through the oxymoron “darkness visible” and the sacrificial and transcendental types of blindness, John Milton and Jacques Derrida can be read alongside each other and point to the reading of “a paradise within” as ultimately associated with “a downward path to wisdom” and to “downcast eyes”.
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spelling The blindness of John Milton and Jacques DerridaAs cegueiras de John Milton e Jacques DerridaJohn MiltonJacques Derridavisãocegueiraescuridão visívelsightblindnessdarkness visibleThe purpose of this essay on the visual metaphors of Paradise Lost is to demonstrate that John Milton’s phrase “darkness visible” and other lines of Paradise Lost, to a certain extent, adumbrated the post-structuralist stance on vision, that is, the need to mistrust the immediacy of physical sight and to search for a deeper reflection upon the superficiality of images. Milton’s “darkness visible” perspective is compatible, in the view of this essay, with that of Jacques Derrida in his book Memoirs of the Blind (1993). The Algerian-French philosopher proposes two types of blindness: the sacrificial and the transcendental. Through the oxymoron “darkness visible” and the sacrificial and transcendental types of blindness, John Milton and Jacques Derrida can be read alongside each other and point to the reading of “a paradise within” as ultimately associated with “a downward path to wisdom” and to “downcast eyes”.As metáforas visuais do poema de John Milton, Paradise Lost, são analisadas e lidas através da perspectiva pós estruturalista do filósofo Jacques Derrida em relação à visão/cegueira. Derrida propõe em Memoirs of the Blind (1993) dois tipos de cegueira: a sacrificial e a transcendental. Essas cegueiras servem de ponto de partida para a leitura do poema épico de Milton. Levando-se em consideração as duas cegueiras propostas por Derrida, o objetivo deste ensaio é sugerir que o exercício da visão se submete a um processo de interiorização compatível com uma “descida para o caminho da sabedoria” como encontrado no poema épico. Nessa operação, ocorre o cancelamento do olho físico e a inserção de um “eu que olha” (eu/olho) numa “escuridão visível”. Esse oxímoro, que une John Milton a Jacques Derrida, propõe o estabelecimento do olho interior (uma metonímia do “paraíso interior”) para todos os mo(vi)mentos de leitura e interpretação de textos no mundo.Laboratório Editorial FCL-UNESP | Letraria2009-07-26info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/casa/article/view/176910.21709/casa.v7i1.1769CASA: Cadernos de Semiótica Aplicada; v. 7 n. 1 (2009)1679-340410.21709/casa.v7i1reponame:CASA: Cadernos de Semiótica Aplicadainstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPporhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/casa/article/view/1769/143210.21709/casa.v7i1.1769.g1432Copyright (c) 2009 CASA: Cadernos de Semiótica Aplicadainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSá, Luiz Fernando FerreiraMansur, Miriam Piedade2009-08-26T23:57:38Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/1769Revistahttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/casa/indexPUBhttps://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/casa/oaicasa@fclar.unesp.br1679-34041679-3404opendoar:2023-01-12T16:38:41.198172CASA: Cadernos de Semiótica Aplicada - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
As cegueiras de John Milton e Jacques Derrida
title The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
spellingShingle The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
John Milton
Jacques Derrida
visão
cegueira
escuridão visível
sight
blindness
darkness visible
title_short The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
title_full The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
title_fullStr The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
title_full_unstemmed The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
title_sort The blindness of John Milton and Jacques Derrida
author Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
author_facet Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
Mansur, Miriam Piedade
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author2 Mansur, Miriam Piedade
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Sá, Luiz Fernando Ferreira
Mansur, Miriam Piedade
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv John Milton
Jacques Derrida
visão
cegueira
escuridão visível
sight
blindness
darkness visible
topic John Milton
Jacques Derrida
visão
cegueira
escuridão visível
sight
blindness
darkness visible
description The purpose of this essay on the visual metaphors of Paradise Lost is to demonstrate that John Milton’s phrase “darkness visible” and other lines of Paradise Lost, to a certain extent, adumbrated the post-structuralist stance on vision, that is, the need to mistrust the immediacy of physical sight and to search for a deeper reflection upon the superficiality of images. Milton’s “darkness visible” perspective is compatible, in the view of this essay, with that of Jacques Derrida in his book Memoirs of the Blind (1993). The Algerian-French philosopher proposes two types of blindness: the sacrificial and the transcendental. Through the oxymoron “darkness visible” and the sacrificial and transcendental types of blindness, John Milton and Jacques Derrida can be read alongside each other and point to the reading of “a paradise within” as ultimately associated with “a downward path to wisdom” and to “downcast eyes”.
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