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One of the last great novels of José Saramago, Death with Interruptions, begins with an epigraph taken from Ludwig Wittgenstein: “If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images, new linguistic fields”. The...

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Published inPrzestrzenie teorii no. 15; pp. 125 - 139
Main Author Żychliński, Arkadiusz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Polish
Published Adam Mickiewicz University 2011
Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Subjects
Philosophy
Studies of Literature
tanatological discourse
J Saramago
philosophical discourse
modern literature
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Summary:One of the last great novels of José Saramago, Death with Interruptions, begins with an epigraph taken from Ludwig Wittgenstein: “If, for example, you were to think more deeply about death, then it would be truly strange if, in so doing, you did not encounter new images, new linguistic fields”. The aim of my paper is to ponder on what kind of a new language game the Portuguese writer is offering us in his book and how to interpret his investigations from the angle of another contemporary literary and philosophical thanatological discourses.
ISSN:1644-6763
2450-5765
DOI:10.14746/pt.2011.15.7