tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post7783536653675046041..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Theories of the ProverbJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-3295652840109102012011-09-28T18:56:35.415-05:002011-09-28T18:56:35.415-05:00Jordan's point about Blake suggests that #5 sh...Jordan's point about Blake suggests that #5 should be split in two.<br /><br />5a. Proverbs have a definite ideology.<br /><br />5b. In folk proverbs, the ideology is "cynical conservatism".<br /><br />Putting this together: literary proverbs may claim attention by subverting one or the other. Blake, Cioran, and Jenny Holzer upend 5b; those who attack 5a, sometimes, include Blake and Stein.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-68410153419762213672011-09-28T15:14:09.530-05:002011-09-28T15:14:09.530-05:00Some of these are also theories of the joke - 1 a...Some of these are also theories of the joke - 1 and 6, certainly, maybe some others, maybe 5. But 3 and 4 are distinguishing.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-40712052327020813542011-09-28T14:53:58.914-05:002011-09-28T14:53:58.914-05:00Meaning is use like "Gesundheit" means s...Meaning is use like "Gesundheit" means someone just sneezed. The pragmatic use is to to indicate your concern with someone's sneezing. With a proverb, the use has to do with the specific situation in which is is typically spoken. What provokes someone to use a proverb? What is the desired effect?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-23089151186490398682011-09-28T14:43:03.714-05:002011-09-28T14:43:03.714-05:00A proverb-based poetics could provide an interesti...A proverb-based poetics could provide an interesting, but entirely unuseful antidote/corrective to Language poetries and a backlash against the backlash against commodification of language.Anthony Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15344532091414013818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-46843777839877330962011-09-28T14:38:14.211-05:002011-09-28T14:38:14.211-05:00Blakean proverbs run counter to #5, I think.
Re #...Blakean proverbs run counter to #5, I think.<br /><br />Re #3: the meaning is the use is the correction of human folly? Limit-setting? Like that bacteria that releases a chemical that slows down the multiplication of bacteria (I made this example up)...Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645noreply@blogger.com