The “Plexed Artistry” of Nabokov and Johnson

2019 ◽  
pp. 165-188
Author(s):  
Carrie D. Shanafelt
Keyword(s):  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Samuel Johnson ◽  
Linguistic Meaning ◽  
Pale Fire ◽  
Experimental Novel

Carrie D Shanafelt’s “The ‘Plexed Artistry’ of Nabokov and Johnson” notes how in the 1962 experimental novel Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov invokes Samuel Johnson as the prototype for the poet John Shade. Shade is described as a rather old-fashioned but brilliant poet whose last poem interrogates his own subjective experience of meaning-making in a world that stubbornly refuses either to make sense or to be meaningless altogether. Nabokov’s affinity for Samuel Johnson, Shanafelt argues, operates in important ways as a recognition of the latter’s similar aesthetic resistance to the dominant secular empiricist models of linguistic meaning of his time. Exploring their epistemological contexts as well as literary productions, her chapter delineates parallels between Johnson and Nabokov with respect to their similar investment in the aesthetics of desire and trauma in relation to linguistic meaning.

scholarly journals Entre metaficção e metafísica, ou como não interpretar Pale Fire

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (43) ◽  
pp. 107-125
Author(s):  
Tauan Fernandes Tinti
Keyword(s):  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Pale Fire

O presente trabalho se propõe a explorar o problema da autoconsciência metaficcional na obra de Vladimir Nabokov a partir da figura de John Shade, o autor fictício de “Pale Fire”, poema que integra o peculiar romance de mesmo título. A reflexão metafísica de Shade, ao ser separada do romance que a contém – uma possibilidade concretizada por uma edição de 2011 do poema, produzida pela Gingko Press –, serve então como via de acesso para se considerar a relação entre os diversos artistas criados por Nabokov e o próprio escritor. Isso levará, por sua vez, à investigação da concepção de natureza subjacente à sua obra, calcada na ideia de um criador bondoso que parece servir de modelo tanto para alguns de seus personagens quanto para a própria arte de Nabokov.

scholarly journals Justifying Moral Standing by Biosemiotic Particularism

2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Jonathan Beever ◽  
Morten Tønnessen
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Moral Worth ◽  
Moral Standing ◽  
Common Denominator ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Moral Relevance ◽  
Relevant Property ◽  
Living Organisms

In this essay we examine a fundamental question in biosemiotic ethics: why think that semiosis is a morally relevant property, or a property that supports the moral value of living beings or systems that possess it? We argue that biosemiotic particularism, the view that normative assessment should be based on the particular fulfillment of an organism’s or other biological entity’s specific semiosic capacity, offers a justifiable normative position for the biosemiotic ethicist. If what justifies offering moral standing to all living beings and systems is that these entities are semiosic, then there must be something ethically motivating about semiosis. We examine several arguments in answer to this question. These include arguments for semiotic agency, the claim that all living entities are agential as a result of their semiosic capacities; arguments for subjective or quasi-subjective experience, that all living beings have it and that it matters morally; and arguments for the moral relevance of meaning-making as sufficient for moral considerability. We also address the negative argument that semiosis is at least as defensible as sentience, an alternative candidate capacity for grounding moral relevance, and other cognition-related capacities. Finally, we push further to ask: even if semiosis is a morally relevant capacity of living organisms, is it the morally relevant property? That is, is semiosis the least common denominator for attribution of moral worth, to the effect that sentience-based approaches, among others, could build on biosemiotic ethics as a foundational meta-ethical theory?

scholarly journals Subversion du rythme : le roman anti-linéaire

2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magessa O’Reilly
Keyword(s):  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Julio Cortazar ◽  
Il Y A ◽  
Pale Fire ◽  
Julio Cortázar

Il y a, dans certains romans, une perturbation de la continuité textuelle, mais qui ne déstabilise pas le concept d'un rythme programmé par le texte. Par contre, des romans tels que Pale Fire de Vladimir Nabokov, The Dissertation de R. M. Koster, Marelle de Julio Cortázar et le Dictionnaire kbazar de Milorad Pavic font appel au choix du lecteur pour constituer l'ordre textuel. Les deux premiers proposent une alternative : le lecteur doit choisir entre deux ordres de lecture possibles. Marelle , cependant, peut être lue d'innombrables façons et thématise l'angoisse que peut provoquer chez le lecteur une telle liberté. En reproduisant la structure à la fois arbitraire et aléatoire d'un dictionnaire, le Dictionnaire khazar ne présuppose aucun ordre de lecture et libère donc le lecteur de toute angoisse. Chaque lecteur décide de l'ordre textuel et, par voie de conséquence, détermine sa propre expérience rythmique du texte. De tels romans revalorisent le libre arbitre du lectorat et la dimension ludique de la lecture. Ce faisant, ils subvertissent le concept d'un rythme unique programmé par un ordre textuel prédéterminé.

scholarly journals Exploring the role of the church as a ‘reformation agency’ in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micheal M. Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Servant Leadership ◽  
South African ◽  
Local Church ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Church Leaders ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
The Church

International political, social, economic and religious developments influence how local communities operate. The South African church society is influenced by such developments taking place globally and which clearly influence how local churches function. This article explores the role of the contemporary church as a ‘reformation agency’ in enhancing a socially transformative agenda in South Africa. A qualitative research approach – an interpretative phenomenology design – was employed to negotiate a shared understanding through conversation and intersubjective meaning-making with church ministers, with the primary focus being their subjective experience of the changing role of the church in enhancing a transformative agenda in a South African context. A purposive sampling (n = 6) consisted of local church leaders who participated in the face-to-face and telephonic semi-structured interviews to achieve the purpose of the study. The findings clearly show that deliberate and intentional actions by churches allow them to become a voice for the marginalised, to create spaces for searching for excellence and to increase the quality of servant leadership, all as vehicles for transforming church society. Furthermore, servant leadership is a social phenomenon, a philosophy-in-practice aimed at leading by example to achieve a common goal. To accomplish this, church ministers are required to spearhead the challenge as a prerequisite to creating ‘lived experienced’ opportunities for members as an inward-outward spiritual journey. Finally, church leaders believed that transformation is a secular dimension, but that it can also be aligned towards God’s redemption plan and enhancing a socially just transformation agenda. Ultimately, this study proposed several recommendations to allow the local church to be relevant in practicing and promoting stronger unity and reconciliation amongst all churches nationally and globally.

scholarly journals Inventário Poético: Anotações sobre os resíduos do humano na literatura

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Ermelinda Maria Araújo Ferreira ◽  
Joanita Baú de Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Pale Fire

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-8026.2017v70n2p53Este ensaio pretende dissertar sobre o texto de ficção eletrônica de Richard Holeton – Frequently Asked Questions About “Hypertext” – publicado por N. Katherine Hayles na Eletronic Literature Collection (vol. 1, 2006), obra que fornece um rico material para leituras “pós-humanistas” sobre o futuro da poesia como um locus privilegiado de expressão anímica. Trata-se de uma releitura irônica de um texto parodístico de autoria de Vladimir Nabokov: Pale Fire (1962). Ao contrário do que sugere o título, porém, o texto de Holeton não se apresenta como um ensaio acadêmico sobre a escrita digital, mas como um poema experimental sujeito aos mirabolantes exercícios analíticos de diversos críticos fictícios, praticantes de algumas linhas dos atualmente populares Estudos Culturais. A obra possibilita ao leitor uma reflexão bem-humorada sobre os perturbadores desdobramentos da escrita, da leitura e da produção de conhecimento na contemporaneidade. 

Subjective experience and meaning of psychoses: the German Subjective Sense in Psychosis Questionnaire (SUSE)

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Klapheck ◽  
S. Nordmeyer ◽  
H. Cronjäger ◽  
D. Naber ◽  
T. Bock
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Psychotic Disorders ◽  
Context Effects ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Classical Test Theory ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Test Theory ◽  
Multilevel Analyses

BackgroundClinical research on subjective determinants of recovery and health has increased, but no instrument has been developed to assess the subjective experience and meaning of psychoses. We have therefore constructed and validated the Subjective Sense in Psychosis Questionnaire (SUSE) to measure sense making in psychotic disorders.MethodSUSE was based on an item pool generated by professionals and patients. For pre-testing, 90 psychosis patients completed the instrument. Psychometric properties were assessed using methods of classical test theory. In the main study, SUSE was administered to a representative sample of 400 patients. Factor structure, reliability and validity were assessed and confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were used for testing subscale coherence and adequacy of the hypothesized factor structure. Response effects due to clinical settings were tested using multilevel analyses.ResultsThe final version of SUSE comprises 34 items measuring distinct aspects of the experience and meaning of psychoses in a consistent overall model with six coherent subscales representing positive and negative meanings throughout the course of psychotic disorders. Multilevel analyses indicate independence from clinical context effects. Patients relating psychotic experiences to life events assessed their symptoms and prospects more positively. 76% of patients assumed a relationship between their biography and the emergence of psychosis, 42% reported positive experience of symptoms and 74% ascribed positive consequences to their psychosis.ConclusionsSUSE features good psychometric qualities and offers an empirical acquisition to subjective assessment of psychosis. The results highlight the significance of subjective meaning making in psychoses and support a more biographical and in-depth psychological orientation for treatment.

scholarly journals Reframing as a didactic technology of initiating a semantic choice

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 82-106
Author(s):  
Natalya Nikolaevna Mironenkova ◽  
◽  
Irina Vladimirovna Abakumova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Sensory System ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
First Moment

Introduction. The article addresses the problem of developing students’ value-semantic sphere by means of situations of a semantic choice as the first moment of meaning-making and application of relevant psychological technologies. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of using reframing as a technology of initiating students’ semantic choice in order to increase inner motivation and to develop their value-semantic sphere. Materials and Methods. The research adopted meaning-centred and psycho-semantic approaches. The authors applied the methods of content analysis, systematic analysis, comparative analysis, terminological analysis, generalization and systematization. Results. The article substantiates the necessity of using a reframing technology in the learning process. The main types of reframing that can be implemented in the context of the meaning-centred approach to learning are identified – reframing of meaning and reframing of context. The authors outline the key factors of implementing a reframing technology that affect the initiation of students’ semantic choice. They include: the focus on the sensory system of the student, reliance on subjective experience of the student, use of communication (verbal and non-verbal), aspiration to the future. The authors highlight methods and techniques, including linguistic constructs, influencing the initiation of students’ semantic choice. Conclusions. The authors emphasize the potential of reframing in the learning process as a technology of psychological and educational support and a technology aimed at increasing students’ inner motivation, thereby clarifying the specificity of reframing.

scholarly journals Nabokov's Cold Pudding

2009 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudolf Sárdi
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
James Joyce ◽  
Vladimir Nabokov ◽  
Finnegans Wake ◽  
Pale Fire ◽  
19Th And 20Th Century

Vladimir Nabokov was noted for his barbed criticisms on any number of the major 19th and 20th-century writers and their celebrated works. James Joyce is one of the few elect who escapes being tipped into Nabokov's disposal by dint of his extravagant stylistic accomplishment in Ulysses, while Finnegans Wake is wittily described as "a formless and dull mass of phony folklore, a cold pudding." In spite of Nabokov's disdainful comments on Finnegans Wake, this paper attempts to demonstrate the stylistic and structural influences Joyce's work exerted on Lolita, Pale Fire, and Bend Sinister.

scholarly journals Subjective experience of meningitis survivors: a transversal qualitative study using interpretative phenomenological analysis

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. e037168
Author(s):  
Elisabetta Scanferla ◽  
Léonor Fasse ◽  
Philip Gorwood
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Phenomenological Analysis ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Post Traumatic Growth ◽  
Key Aspects

Objectives(1) To capture the subjective experience of meningitis survivors during adolescence and adulthood and (2) To explore how they give meaning to this specific experience.DesignA qualitative study of in-depth interviews using interpretative phenomenological analysis.SettingsParticipants recruited through an association of persons affected by meningitis and their relatives.ParticipantsConvenience sample of nine participants (seven women and two men) between the ages of 18 to 48 years (mean=28.3, SD=11.4), who personally experienced meningitis.ResultsEight major themes and three main meaning-making processes in relation to the participants’ experiences of meningitis were identified: (1) the ability to rely on the testimony of others, (2) the impossibility of meaning-making and (3) the possibility of post-traumatic growth. We detailed here five major themes, which appear critical to answering the objective of the study.ConclusionsThis study provides a unique insight into the first-hand experience of surviving meningitis. Findings highlighted factors characterising the disease experience, the psychological adjustment of meningitis survivors and their meaning-making processes. These findings are important for both research and clinical practice, demonstrating the importance of direct involvement of meningitis survivors in identifying key aspects of care, which include the critical role of relatives, and the importance of investigating the need for training among healthcare providers on how to diagnose meningitis.

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