Third Hand Plays: The Comedy of Recursion (Q2615)
scholarly work by Brian Kim Stefans
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Third Hand Plays: The Comedy of Recursion |
scholarly work by Brian Kim Stefans |
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2011
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My tagline for literary works that employ high degrees of recursion, or recursive-like structures, is “how solipsistic?” since my sense is that truly recursive linguistic practice nearly entirely decimates any of the common expressive characteristics of language — there is no possibility of a lyric “I,” no fiction of witness, no documentary content, no pretense to the poem being somehow a chartin… (English)
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One could say that a recursive poem is pure structure, but that structure would be quite meaningless if the poem did not have some qualities that we associate with normative signification (English)
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The ultimate recursive work that I know of is called “2002: A Palindrome Story” by Nick Montfort and William Gillespie. (English)
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