Cioran et Swift
Cioran and Swift
Anamorphosis of disenchantment
Author(s): Paolo VaniniSubject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts
Published by: Classiques Garnier
Keywords: Emil Cioran; Jonathan Swift; anamorphosis; parody; skepticism
Summary/Abstract: This article compares Cioran’s criticism of utopian thought with Jonathan Swift’s parody of utopian fictions. According to Cioran, Gulliver’s Travels symbolizes the vision of a “utopia without hope”. Cioran’s interpretation of Swift’s misanthropy is comparable to a philosophical anamorphosis which uses the deformations of human reason as a mirror; a mirror capable to reflect the real proportions of the “animal rationale”.
Journal: ALKEMIE. Revue semestrielle de littérature et philosophie
- Issue Year: 1/2018
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 205-216
- Page Count: 14
- Language: French
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