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Textual Practice | 2011

(forgive us,o life!the sin of Death: a critical reading of Michael Riffaterre's Semiotics of Poetry

Per Bäckström

The objectives of this article are two-fold: in part a presentation of Riffaterres semiotic-based analysis of poetry, and in part an examination of its problems and predicaments, using modern experimental poetry by way of example. Due to the fact that Semiotics of Poetry was introduced to the Anglo-American world at the same moment as a second wave of deconstruction was building up, Riffaterres theory was largely criticised for not adhering to new values, or ignored, despite the value of his semiotics of poetry as an analytical and pedagogical aid in the study of poetry. The problems that present themselves with respect to Riffaterres semiotics of poetry are mainly linked to his formalistic dependence on textuality, which cause him to ignore any factors other than intertextuality in the production of lyric poetry. This would suggest an appreciable limitation in the practicability of this method of gaining an overall grasp of what poetry is. In addition, I shall discuss the problems raised as a result of Riffaterres own hermeneutic practice of interpretation, thus offering a further illustration of the obstacles encountered in attempting to employ his semiotics of poetry. Finally, I shall endeavour to situate this method in a comprehensive poetic analysis, in order to demonstrate its primary practicability as a descriptive discipline.


Edda. Nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning | 2017

“The Trumpet in the Bottom” : Öyvind Fahlström and the Uncanny

Per Bäckström

Oyvind Fahlstrom (1928–76) began as a surrealist at the end of the 1940s, and among others wrote the unpublished poetry collection “The Trumpet in the Bottom”. In 1953, he wrote the world’s first m ...


Nordlit | 2005

”Den laglösa fantasin till makten!” Det svenska 70-avantgardets uppror mot den rationella poesin

Per Bäckström

Syftet med denna artikel ar att, med utgangspunkt i stenciltidskriften Guru Papers och uttalanden av Bruno K. Oijer, ge en bild av de avantgardistiska stamningar som harskade i svenskt kulturliv under den forsta halften av 1970-talet. Denna stromning var inte bara inspirerad av 1910- och 20-talens europeiska avantgarde, utan aven av andra traditioner sasom amerikansk modernism och avantgarde.


Nordlit | 2005

Heller ikke i dette skrift er det uutsigelige sagt. Det nordiska neoavantgardets estetik - exemplen Fahlström, Hodell & Højholt

Per Bäckström

Det nordiska neoavantgardet har hittills i liten grad varit foremal for utforskning i sin helhet. Forskningsuppgiften som sadan innebar i sig en empirisk utmaning, eftersom forbindelserna mellan landerna ofta bara namns i forbigaende i storre historieskrivningar, och man maste soka i ett stort och utspritt textbestand bestaende av minnesskildringar, tidskrifts- och tidningsartiklar etc. Jag inleder med en kort diskussion av det nordiska utbytet under 60-talet, foljt av nedslag hos de tre svenska och danska avantgardisterna och forfattarna Oyvind Fahlstroms, Ake Hodells och Per Hojholts, vars text-ljudkompositioner finns utgivna pa cd-skivor. Mitt syfte ar att demonstrera (neo-)avantgardets gransoverskridande karaktar i tre olika men inbordes relaterade avseenden: att 60-talet praglades av en bred nordisk interaktion; att skrifter, manifest och andra texter av de tre forfattarna ger uttryck for en tvarestetisk poetologi; att avantgardet lagger tonvikten pa den processuella skapelseprocessen. Det jag har valt att fokusera pa ar alltsa den poetologi som ligger till grund for genreoverskridande konst som t.ex. text-ljudkompositioner. Resultaten kan ofta rubriceras som bade poesi, happening, teater och performance, och ar i hog grad ett resultat av 60-talets medieutveckling med latthanterliga bandspelare, transistorradio, TV m.m. Aven om konstverken i sig kanske inte alltid ar lika intressanta ut estetisk synpunkt, fordjupar en analys av den bakomliggande idevarlden forstaelsen for det nordiska neoavantgardets betydelse och den kreativitet som praglade 60-talet.


Nordlit | 2007

One Earth, Four or Five Words. The Peripheral Concept of “Avant-Garde”

Per Bäckström


Archive | 2003

Aska, Tomhet & Eld. Outsiderproblematiken hos Bruno K. Öijer

Per Bäckström


Archive | 2014

Decentring the Avant-garde

Per Bäckström; Benedikt Hjartarson


Archive | 2012

Words as things : Concrete Poetry in Scandinavia

Per Bäckström


Edda | 2017

The Trumpet in the Bottom

Per Bäckström


Artl@s Bulletin | 2017

Kisses Sweeter than Wine. Öyvind Fahlström and Billy Klüver : The Swedish Neo-Avant-Garde in New York

Per Bäckström

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