Gradiva – Magdalena. Problem archiwów
Gradiva – Magdalene. The Problems of Archives

Summary/Abstract: The problem posed within the Jensen–Freud–Derrida triangle in reference to Gradiva is confronted with a similar one presented in the Gospel regarding Mary Magdalene. Conclusions lead to the border between Archive and “life”, the problem of the relation of the Archive towards a unique event. The phenomenon of the Archive as interpreted by Derrida appears to differ from the hermeneutics of intertextuality. Along its borders it indicates a potential for recreating ancient hermeneutic methods – typological and verbal. Without tackling the challenges of preserving the “idiom” in the face of the force of semiosis and myth we would surrender to the “Grand Inquisitor”.

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