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2019-03-??
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英語學系
Department of English, NTNU
Department of English, NTNU
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This paper analyzes the exchange between Ricoeur and Derrida concerningmetaphor. I argue that the exchange is not a “missed encounter,” as EftichisPirovolakis has suggested, but exemplifies a hermeneutic situation in whichtheoretical divergence is supplemented by a practical convergence. Rather thana mere exegesis of the exchange between Ricoeur and Derrida, I emphasize thepractical implications for the interpretation of poetic metaphors. To be morespecific, I emphasize the case of Paul Celan’s poem “Blume” and the semanticdensity of the central metaphor. Although Ricoeur and Derrida diverge in strictlytheoretical terms, their theoretical positions—when translated into practicalterms—establish different but convergent paradigms for the interpretation ofpoetic metaphors