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Is it possible to think with Gunnar Ekelöf? In order to be able to answer the question this theoretical research deals with poetical and philosophical problems concerning the paradox as a mean to break down normal ways of thinking and speaking - in relation to the works of the swedish poet Ekelöf. The perspectives of paradoxes will be discussed with Søren Kierkegaard and other theoreticians.
Life is a paradox. Augustin mentioned, that because we no longer are able to do what we want, we are no longer able to do, what we can. And it is the same the other way around: because we no longer want to do what we are able to, we are no longer able to do what we want. Paradoxes like these is the swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf certainly dealing with in a radical manner. He internalize the paradox and sees it as a supposition to be able to get to get insight and new knowledge of existence. In his poetry the paradox becomes a language in itself. In my treatise my intention is to investigate the status of paradox in Ekelöf´s poetry. My reason for doing so is simply that I find it of utmost importance. I see the paradox and paradoxality as the driving force in the ekelöfian poetic. It is a subject and an angle that hasn´t been fully analyzed and described in the Ekelöfresearh untill now. My method is analytical - a lot of poems of Ekelöf will be analyzed anew. My method will also tend to be aestethical and philosophiing in a reasonning manner, as my aim is to show in which ways one is able to use Ekelöf as an alternative paradoxical poetical thinker. An Everydaythinker!Ekelöf uses the paradox as a force, a potential - yes - as a poetical language of resistance, by which he destoys/dissolwes common ways of thinking and expressions. Ekelöf uses the paradoxical language as The Passion of Thought (Kierkegaard)
Life is a paradox. Augustin mentioned, that because we no longer are able to do what we want, we are no longer able to do, what we can. And it is the same the other way around: because we no longer want to do what we are able to, we are no longer able to do what we want. Paradoxes like these is the swedish poet Gunnar Ekelöf certainly dealing with in a radical manner. He internalize the paradox and sees it as a supposition to be able to get to get insight and new knowledge of existence. In his poetry the paradox becomes a language in itself. In my treatise my intention is to investigate the status of paradox in Ekelöf´s poetry. My reason for doing so is simply that I find it of utmost importance. I see the paradox and paradoxality as the driving force in the ekelöfian poetic. It is a subject and an angle that hasn´t been fully analyzed and described in the Ekelöfresearh untill now. My method is analytical - a lot of poems of Ekelöf will be analyzed anew. My method will also tend to be aestethical and philosophiing in a reasonning manner, as my aim is to show in which ways one is able to use Ekelöf as an alternative paradoxical poetical thinker. An Everydaythinker!Ekelöf uses the paradox as a force, a potential - yes - as a poetical language of resistance, by which he destoys/dissolwes common ways of thinking and expressions. Ekelöf uses the paradoxical language as The Passion of Thought (Kierkegaard)
| Status | Finished |
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| Effective start/end date | 2009/09/01 → 2014/12/31 |