« Tenter au-delà » in 1944. Francis Ponge’s reading of Aragon and the reprograming of realism

• Authors: James Wishart

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« Tenter au-delà » in 1944. Francis Ponge’s reading of Aragon and the reprograming of realism

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« Tenter au-delà » in 1944. Francis Ponge’s reading of Aragon and the reprograming of realism

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

This article proposes to analyse Francis Ponge’s work during the war in the light of « La leçon de Riberac », published by Aragon in 1941. Contrary to the widely held view that the poésie de Résistance deserves no critical attention because it is subordinated to politics it is argued that the question of the social function of poetry is in fact necessary to understand the full complexities of poetic form. The article concentrates on how the problem of « hermétisme » becomes invested with contradictory meanings that contaminate the notion of « realism ». I hope that exploring these multiple connotations will help reveal a historical subtext which will provide us with insights into poetic practices.

PL

This article proposes to analyse Francis Ponge’s work during the war in the light of « La leçon de Riberac », published by Aragon in 1941. Contrary to the widely held view that the poésie de Résistance deserves no critical attention because it is subordinated to politics it is argued that the question of the social function of poetry is in fact necessary to understand the full complexities of poetic form. The article concentrates on how the problem of « hermétisme » becomes invested with contradictory meanings that contaminate the notion of « realism ». I hope that exploring these multiple connotations will help reveal a historical subtext which will provide us with insights into poetic practices.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Cahiers ERTA
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 175-188

Dates

published

2013-06-01

Contributors

author

James Wishart