Silencing and Poetry
I will first set out a new objection to Austin’s remarks on poetry using his notion of uptake: that they sustain a particular form of silencing to whose explication (the ‘Austinian Analysis’) Austin himself contributes. I will then respond critically to those who deny that the Austinian Analysis discriminates and understands this kind of silencing, before suggesting ways we might improve the analysis. Finally, I will use these improvements to look again at Austin’s remarks on poetry, showing that if his remarks silence poets, they do so only in a limited sense.
Date:
31 January 2017, 16:00
Venue:
Exeter College, Turl Street OX1 3DP
Venue Details:
Quarrell Room
Speaker:
Maximilian de Gaynesford (University of Reading)
Organising department:
Faculty of Philosophy
Organiser:
James Grant (University of Oxford)
Part of:
The Aesthetics Seminar
Topics:
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Andy Davies
