Data di Pubblicazione:
2023
Citazione:
Here, There, and Back Again. Synecdochic spatiality in Gösta Ågren’s trilogy Jär / C. Storskog. - In: COSTELLAZIONI. - ISSN 2532-2001. - 7:20(2023), pp. 73-88.
Abstract:
This essay discusses the representation of space in the poetry trilogy Jär
(1988–1992; Here), the FinlandSwedish poet Gösta Ågren’s (1936–2020)
first national and international success. A sense of place is already in the title;
by reverting to the dialect of his native Ostrobothnia, Ågren establishes an
intimate connection to a local language and to a specific, peripheral,
geographic area. I argue that the microcosmic sites constituting the trilogy’s
raison d’être form a synecdochic pattern representing a macrocosm, thus
resonating with the essay Ett nej (1986; A no), where Ågren argues for an
extreme likeness between big and small, centre and periphery. In relation to
the body as space, I consider the synecdoche also as ‘container’ for ‘the
contained’. Briefly, with the intent to uncover the specificity of spatial
representation in the domain of poetry, the discussion moves from topography
to typography and looks at the poems’ interaction with the page.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Gösta Ågren; Jär; poetry and spatiality; the synecdoche; Scandinavian poetry
Elenco autori:
C. Storskog
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