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Speeding in Time: Philosophy and Metaphor in a Presentation of Okhrannaia gramota Part One 6

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Author

Editor

  • Lazar Fleishman

Summary, in English

In Pasternak's writings there is a tension between philosophy and poetry. The question posed here, and based on extracts from the autobiographical "Ochrannaja gramota" ("A Safe-Conduct", 1931), is whether the dense and multiple metaphor in Pasternak’s work can be understood as having a heuristic function, of expressing original thought and contributing to new understanding, or whether it is confusing and obscure, an impediment to thought and in the last analysis to be interpreted ’only’ in a sensual, impressionistic way.



Paul Ricoeur’s "The Rule of Metaphor" from 1975 provides a far-reaching theory of the heuristic value of metaphor, based in the conviction that metaphor is fundamental for the way language works. There is striking compatibility between Ricoeur’s theory and Pasternak’s practice of metaphor.

Department/s

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Publication/Series

Stanford Slavic Studies

Volume

31

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Berkeley Slavic Specialties

Topic

  • Languages and Literature

Keywords

  • Boris Pasternak
  • time and place
  • definition of poetry
  • Chopin
  • poetry and philosophy
  • music and poetry

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 1-57201-072-X