Judith's Cut: The Excesses of Exegesis

• Authors: Czaja D.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Biblical Judith occupied a significant place in the private mythology of Michel Leiris, peopled by numerous female figures. Her portrait, outlined in the autobiographical 'L'Age d'homme', differs considerably from the characteristic in the Old Testament Book of Judith. The author closely follows the changes and transition of meaning to which Judith had been subjected in comparison to her Biblical original. Furthermore, he reveals the peculiar exegesis conducted by Leiris, indicating that despite the fact that its deciphering cannot be defended upon the basis of an exegesis subjected to methodological rigours, it still possesses an indispensable existential value; reading it is treated in the categories of 'creative treason'.

Keywords

EN

LEIRIS MICHEL - JUDITH

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 3-4(278-279)
• Pages: 66-74
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Czaja D.

• D. Czaja, Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kultury, ul. Grodzka 52, 31-044 Kraków, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08PLAAAA05109702