SPEAKER: Aurelia Cojocaru
\nDepartment of Comparative Literature
\nUniversity of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n
Title: Beyond Reason and Unreason: Khlebnikov’s Poetics of Zaum<\/p>\n
Description:
\nRussian Futurist poets coined the term Zaum to describe their bold experimentation with the sound and grammar of the Russian language. A neologism composed of za- (beyond) and -um (mind, intellect), Zaum has long been seen as a radical departure from everyday language and even rationality. This talk argues, however, that the work of Velimir Khlebnikov (1885-1922) refuses any such dichotomy between poetry and reason. The root -um recurs in other neologisms throughout Khlebnikov’s oeuvre to reveal instead an expansive range of kinds and shades of “mind.” Giving voice to neglected forms of cognition promises a distinct and surprising method of individualization: poetic language allows each subject not only to manifest their own particular claim to rationality, but also for all of these shades of the rational “spectrum” to meet. Poetry becomes a transformative meeting of minds in this utopian project\u2014a “With-um of myself \/ And those whom I have yet to know.”<\/p>\n
ZOOM INFO: Topic: CCI Meeting’s Zoom Meeting
\nTime: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 07:45 PM Istanbul<\/p>\n
***This is an online event. To obtain Zoom link and password, please contact to the department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SPEAKER: Aurelia Cojocaru Department of Comparative Literature University of California, Berkeley Title: Beyond Reason and Unreason: Khlebnikov’s Poetics of Zaum Description: Russian Futurist poets coined the term Zaum to describe their bold experimentation with the sound and grammar of the Russian language. A neologism composed of za- (beyond) and -um [\u2026] <\/p>\n