Animality and the Limits of Discourse in Djuna Barnes and Georges Bataille.
In the works of Djuna Barnes, and particularly the enigmatic final paragraphs of Nightwood, animals and animalistic qualities represent the terminal incapacity of language to encompass reality. Georges Bataille's concept of "animality," considered as a comparative heuristic, allows for a more cohere...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Modern Literature Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 63 - 81 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Summer2023
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