(Bez)czynność interpretacji na przykładzie "Odyseusza przy maszcie" Marcii Sá Cavalcante Schuback
(Dis)interpretation on the Example of "Ulysses at the Mast" by Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback

Author(s): Aleksandra Ziobro
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Polish Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: sirens; Homer; dualis; etymology
Summary/Abstract: The point of this article is analyzing the functionality of etymological and grammatical references in Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback’s "Ulysses at the Mast" ("Odyseusz przy maszcie") from the collection of essays Pochwała nicości. The author assumes that usage of dualis by Homer must mean that sirens were specifically two and she’s creating her interpretation based on this assumption. Furthermore, she uses debatable etymology and quotes meanings of the words that don’t occur in dictionaries. References of this kind are supposed to legitimise the interpretation but in effect they make the validity of the essay dubious.

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