Published: 2022-07-20

Limited Literature

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Abstract

The article examines the quite extraordinary phenomenon of literary texts, that limit themselves, like anagrams or palindromes. Limited texts are often reduced to their playful appearance, while they have a close relation to experimental practises as well. Experiments as well as limited literature construct their objects of research within a manipulated environment. This self-limiting literary expression is specified with Deleuze’ and Guattari’s concept of a “minor” literature, by pointing out the defamiliarization of the text production and the irritation of linguistic automatisms initiated by limitations. Strongly restricted literature allows due to its limitation only, the release of new linguistic possibilities and insights, which is further demonstrated with a concluding example.

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Dittmann, B. (2022). Limited Literature. Wortfolge. Szyk Słów, (6), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.31261/WSS.2022.06.05

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No. 6 (2022)
Published: 2022-10-14


eISSN: 2544-4093
Ikona DOI 10.321261/WSS

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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press

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