Svět Literatury (Oct 2015)

Poezie jako hlavolam: Saussure o anagramu // Poetry as a conundrum: Saussure on anagrams

  • Tomáš Koblížek

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 52
pp. 199 – 205

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The text provides a commentary regarding Ferdinand de Saussure‘s research in anagrammatic poetry. The author first describes three phases of Saussure’s research (1906–1907, 1907–1908, 1908–1909) and explains various changes in his approach. Secondly, the author introduces the main tendencies in reception of Saussure’s “anagrammatic work” (Tel Quel, linguistics, psychoanalysis). Finally, a comparison is drawn between Saussure’s analysis of anagrams and his Course in General Linguistics.

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