Sounds and Meanings: Reading Włodzimierz Szturc
Abstract
The author proposes a dialogic reading of Włodzimierz Szturc’s book Diapazony i fonosfery [Diapasons and Phonospheres] (Kraków 2020), interlinking its motifs with Shakespeare’s The Tempest, as well as with the philosophical reflection of Polish Romantic author Juliusz Słowacki and the poetry of Paul Celan. His main focus is the meeting of spirit and matter in the acoustic matter of words. The author points out that this interpretation allows texts to resound, to resonate, creating meanings which, if not different from those effected by semantics, in any case substantially mediate them. He stresses that Szturc’s hermeneutics emphasizes listening, and especially the duty of silently listening out for the world. If this duty is disregarded, one speaks forcing others to silence. The author considers this as a fundamental mechanism – not only hermeneutical, but also political. Using the example of Shakespeare’s texts, he argues that one who fails to hear a voice other than his own will sooner or later bring himself and the world to the edge of an abyss.
Keywords:
William Shakespeare, «The Tempest», audiosphere, aesthetics and politicsReferences
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Tadeusz SławekUniversity of Silesia in Katowice Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7148-5063
Polish and English scholar. Professor of comparative literature at the University of Silesia. In the years 1996-2002, he served as the rector of the university. Author of numerous books and articles on theory and history of literature. He recently published NICowanie świata. Zdania z Szekspira (2012), U-chodzić (2016). Together with the double-bass player Bogdan Mizerski, he created and performed Esej na głos i kontrabas.
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