Jonathan Swift en Esperanto-vivo
Jonathan Swift (19 Oktobro 2020)
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Jonathan Swift (30 Novembro 2019)
Esperanto-blogo, kelkfoje blago, de Ralph Dumain
Jonathan Swift (19 Oktobro 2020)
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Jonathan Swift (30 Novembro 2019)
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Rubrikoj: angla literaturo, Britio, interlingvistiko, John Wilkins, Jonathan Swift, Sándor Szathmári, satiro, sciencfikcio, scienco, utopio
As I pointed out in a recent post, what is today known as the diametric model of the mind and mental illness was stunningly anticipated by Sándor Szathmári (1897–1974) in his novel, Voyage to Kazohinia, first published in Hungarian in 1941. To the best of my knowledge, this is the earliest anticipation of the idea that autism and psychosis might be opposites—despite the author seemingly knowing nothing of autism or of the work of Hans Asperger, who was about to publish his first account of Autistichen Psychopathen im Kindesalter in wartime Austria.
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Rubrikoj: Christopher Badcock, Jonathan Swift, kulturkritiko, medicino, psikologio, racio, recenzoj, Sándor Szathmári, satiro, sciencfikcio, utopio
"But by now many readers of these posts will already have noticed that to present-day eyes the Hins look very much as if they collectively suffer from high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD); while the Behins are afflicted with diametrically opposite psychotic spectrum disorder (PSD). This remarkable book, in other words, prefigured the diametric model of mental illness by a full fifty years. In Szathmári’s words, the Hin and Behin represented “Two worlds, which could never perceive each other simply because the other was not a separate entity but the reverse of itself…” Like mentalistic versus mechanistic cognition, these were “opposite worldviews,” the former the “positive” of the other “negative.”"Badcock finds the translation somewhat wanting, but also regrets that this "masterpiece" so relevant to psychological understanding and today's world has been overlooked.
"But its author deserves full credit, not only for writing one of the most brilliant satires of modern times, but also for implicitly understanding the diametrically opposite nature of autism and psychosis, mentalistic and mechanistic cognition—not to mention the threat to sanity and civilization of hyper-mentalism."Badcock was informed of this novel by one Simone Hickman. Perhaps it is possible to learn more about her?
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Rubrikoj: Christopher Badcock, Jonathan Swift, kulturkritiko, medicino, psikologio, racio, recenzoj, Sándor Szathmári, satiro, sciencfikcio, utopio
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Rubrikoj: ars combinatoria, Heidegger, interlingvistiko, James Joyce, Jonathan Swift, Leibniz, Rudolf Carnap, Umberto Eco
Yesterday I received the latest issue of the journal Utopian Studies, which is a “special issue on the commemoration of the five hundredth anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia." And what did I find but this article?
Czigányik, Zsolt. “The Hungarian Translations of Thomas More's Utopia," Utopian Studies, vol. 27, no. 2, 2016, pp. 323-332.
The article mentions Madách, Jókai, Karinthy, and Szathmári. Also mentioned are Comenius (Jan Amos Komensky), Bessenyei, Babits, and Déry. Does it get any better than this?Note also in the bibliography:
Karinthy and Szathmári are discussed here.I have no way of knowing whether the former article merely replicates the latter.
Discusses György Bessenyei, Karinthy, and briefly, Szathmári. The bulk of the essay is devoted to Jókai’s A jövõ század regénye (The Novel of the Century to Come).I am encouraged now to pursue my objective on writing an article on Karinthy for Utopian Studies.
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Rubrikoj: angla literaturo, datrevenoj, Frigyes Karinthy, György Bessenyei, hungara literaturo, Imre Madách, Jonathan Swift, Mihály Babits, Mór Jókai, Sándor Szathmári, Thomas More, Tibor Déry, tradukado, utopio
This is my latest podcast, recorded in Buffalo, New York, May 7, 2016:
5/7/16 Frigyes Karinthy: the Hungarian Swift & his musical robots
Frigyes Karinthy (1887-1938), known in our English-speaking world as the creator of the concept of "six degrees of separation" in 1929, was one of the great innovative geniuses of modern Hungarian literature, as a translator and original writer of literary parodies, poems, plays, stories, novels, and essays with a satirical bent and a penchant for fantasy. Out of over 20 volumes of original works in Hungarian only a small fraction have been published in English and/or Esperanto translation. (Karinthy himself was an Esperantist.) This year marks the centennial of Karinthy's 1916 utopian novella "Voyage to Faremido," in which Jonathan Swift's Gulliver undergoes his fifth fantastic voyage, this time to a realm of intelligent robots that speak or sing a language based on musical notes and from their vantage point of greater perfection present a counter-narrative of humanity's flawed evolution. I review Karinthy's life, work, ideas, and influence, with emphasis on "Voyage to Faremido" and its evident influence on Sándor Szathmári's "Voyage to Kazohinia."
To listen (56:55) click here; to download right-click here.
Postscript: I also mention Hungarian-Canadian poet and multimedia artist Robert Zend, who referred to Karinthy as his "spiritual father"--as did Szathmári. Also, I contrast Karinthy's approach to philosophy and literature with the views of Hungarian Marxist philosopher György Lukács, who never mentioned Karinthy as far as I can determine. I end with quotes from Karinthy's published "Letter to H. G. Wells" (July 1925) and from Mihály Babits on Karinthy's greatness.
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Rubrikoj: amo, Esperanto-movado, Esperantologio, fantazio, filozofio, Frigyes Karinthy, Georg Lukács, H. G. Wells, hungara literaturo, Jonathan Swift, Robert Zend, robotoj, Sándor Szathmári, satiro, sciencfikcio, utopio
See also my previous posts on Robert Zend and my new web page. / Rigardu ankaŭ miajn antaŭjn ĉi-rilatajn afiŝojn kaj mian retpaĝon pri Robert Zend:
Robert Zend (Hungarian-Canadian writer, 1929-1985): Dedications, Works, Links
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Rubrikoj: beletro, bibliografio, Frigyes Karinthy, humanismo, humuro, hungara literaturo, identeco, Imre Madách, individuismo, Jonathan Swift, Jorge Luis Borges, Kanado, René Magritte, Robert Zend, satiro, William Blake
Mi lastatempe aldonis miaretejen plurajn dokumentojn de kaj pri Sándor Szathmári kaj baldaŭ aldonos pluajn. Jen listo:
La apero de ĉi tiu libro de Sándor Szathmári ĝustigas maljustaĵon. Ĝi ne nur prilumas longe ombritan parton de la tradicio de hungara sciencfikcia literaturo, sed, eĉ se kun iom da malfruo, honoras maljuste ignoritan verkiston. Ĝi konigas pruvon al la hungara publiko pri tio, kion la esperantistaj legantoj jam delonge sciis, nome, ke Sándor Szathmári ne estas "unulibra verkisto".Szathmári ne ŝatis la etikedon "sciencfikcian". Laŭ Bereczki (1977) nur Karinthy and Babits estis seriozaj verkistoj kiuj verkis sciencfikiciaĵojn, kaj mankas sciencfikcia tradicio hungara.
Mi rigardas lin mia spirita, anima patro. Li estis la unusola hungara verkisto, kiu ne rakontis, sed prezentis and kritikis la realaĵon. Li estis la unua homo, kiu tute komprenis la Kazohinion. (p. 104)Bereczki detaligas trajtojn de la diversaj eldonoj de Kazohinio, kiujn mi ne memoras legi aliloke. El la cenzurita hungara eldono de 1941 estis forstrekitaj la priskribon de milito (buku) kaj la "tro seksa" interago de Gulivero kaj Zolema. La romano tamen furoris. La dua eldono aperis en 1946, nekripligita kaj ankaŭ kun du novaj ĉapitroj. Enestas klariga ĉapitro la evoluo de pensado estas dividitaj laŭ tri etapoj--de Swift, Madách, kaj Kazohinio. La tria eldono aperis en 1957 sen tiu ĉapitro "Kanto de la povra histriono". La Esperanta eldono de 1958 estas la sama afero kiel la tria hungara eldono. Kvara eldono aperis en 1972, sen aldono proponita de Szathmári sed malakceptita. (Bereczki ne klarigas.)
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Rubrikoj: bibliografio, Dezsõ Keresztury, estetiko, fikcio, filozofio, Frigyes Karinthy, Giorgio Silfer, H. G. Wells, Hungario, Imre Madách, Jonathan Swift, Maria Bereczki, Sándor Szathmári, satiro, sciencfikcio, stilo
The divergence between Psalmanazar’s personal credibility and the longevity of his invented facts sheds light on the nature of evidence and information networks in early modern globalization. This episode highlights the imperfect and contested nature of early modern communication network.There is a fantastic computerized reconstruction of early modern knowledge networks:
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Rubrikoj: Ĉinio, fantazio, George Psalmanazar, interlingvistiko, Jonathan Swift, Jorge Luis Borges, Klerismo, komunikado, modernismo, sciencfikcio, scienco, utopio
Here is my 10th podcast, recently recorded:
5/6/14 Science Fiction, Utopia, and the End of Imagination (1) (57:57)
I tell a story interweaving the developments in ideas of utopia, dystopia, and in science fiction from the 16th century to the future. I briefly discuss the utopias of the 16th and 17th centuries and the proto-science fiction of the 17th and 18th centuries. The bulk of my presentation focuses on the 19th century, in which science fiction takes shape, new utopian prospects arise, dystopian scenarios emerge, and the future is invented. I begin the story of true science fiction with "Frankenstein" (1818) and continue with developments in France and the USA, with an excursion into futuristic works from Hungary. I discuss key roles played by Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Edgar Page Mitchell. I review the history of time travel fiction prior to and including H. G. Wells. I then summarize developments in utopianism. Towards the end of the 19th century dystopian works appear. Wells' "The Time Machine" (1895) marks a historical turning point, as do his other science fiction and futuristic works. Finally, I review key dystopian works covering the years 1920-1970.The Hungarian literary contribution does not play a sizable role in my podcast, but others would neglect it completely. I mention the historical significance of Imre Madách's The Tragedy of Man (Az ember tragédiája, 1861), Mór Jókai's The Novel of the Next Century (a.k.a. A Novel of the Coming Century; A jövő század regénye, 1872), and Sándor Szathmári's Voyage to Kazohinia (in English, 1975, 2012; in Hungarian, first (censored) edition, Kazohinia (Gulliver utazása Kazohiniában), 1941; in Esperanto, Vojaĝo al Kazohinio, 1958) and Maŝinmondo (Machine-World, in Esperanto, 1964).
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Rubrikoj: beletro, Edgar Allan Poe, futurologio, H. G. Wells, Hungario, Imre Madách, John Wilkins, Jonathan Swift, Jules Verne, Mór Jókai, podkastoj, radio, Sándor Szathmári, sciencfikcio, sonregistraĵoj, utopio
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Rubrikoj: angla literaturo, ars combinatoria, beletro, Britio, Frigyes Karinthy, interlingvistiko, John Wilkins, Jonathan Swift, Sándor Szathmári, satiro
I blogged before on Swift's satire of the philosophical languages of John Wilkins and others in
Gulliver's
Travels. Part III. A Voyage
to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan; Chapter V:
Jonathan Swift & philosophical languages
In that post I linked also to other studies of the relation of Swift to the linguistics and notions about language in his time.
Now I want to point out another facet of Swift's ideas about language. This essay can be found all over the web, presumably; here's one link:
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue by Jonathan Swift
Various essays contextualize Swift's intervention:
An Introduction to: A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue
"How barbarously we yet write and speak...": The 18th Century & the Origins of Prescriptive Grammar
Jonathan Swift and Language (Background): Notes on Swift and Language and Restoration History by John Dylan McNeill
Our Fallen Tongue: Jonathan Swift's Indictment of Humanity in Part IV of Gulliver's Travels by John Dylan McNeill
Swift and the English Language by suture
Language and the Hostility of Time: The Failure of Swift's Prescriptivism in A Proposal for Correcting, Improvingand Ascertaining the English Tongue by Jukka Tiusanen
My previous post links to articles that juxtpose Swift to Wilkins et al. This monograph does so as well, with an extensive treatment of Swift's ideas about language:
Language and Reality in Swift's A Tale of a Tub by Frederik N. Smith
Wilkins' founding role in the Royal Society and his speculations on a voyage to the Moon, in relation to Swift's satirical works, are also topics for investigation.
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Rubrikoj: angla literaturo, ars combinatoria, arto, beletro, Britio, interlingvistiko, John Wilkins, Jonathan Swift, lingvistiko, satiro
When my freshman honors English class in high school tackled Gulliver's Travels, I recognized something my teacher did not:
Gulliver's
Travels.
Part III. A Voyage
to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan. Chapter V
(extract) by Jonathan Swift
I knew what Swift was satirizing here, but the class persisted in its Pavlovian literary conditioning.
As it turns out, Swift was deeply engaged in the linguistic issues of his time. Here are some juicy references on the subject:
Bishop, Julie Alexandra. Language at Work in Jonathan Swift. PhD thesis, Dept. of English Literary and Linguistic Studies,
University of Newcastle, December 1998.
Francus, Marilyn. The Converting Imagination: Linguistic Theory and Swift's Satiric Prose. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1994.
McKenny, John. "Swift's Prescience: a Polite Precursor of Corpus Linguistics," Journal of Language and Literature,
Volume 2, Number 1, 2003.
Mulhall, Anne. "Gulliver’s Travels and the Language Debates of Swift’s Time," in Les voyages de Gulliver: Mondes lointains ou mondes proches, ed. Daniel Carey and François Boulaire (Caen: Presses universitaires de Caen, 2002), pp. 63-79.
And sure enough, Swift, Wilkins, and Borges are cited in connection with ars combinatoria:
Het combinatorisch perspektief op de wereld en de kunst (@ Institute of Artificial Art, Amsterdam)
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Rubrikoj: ars combinatoria, arto, beletro, interlingvistiko, John Wilkins, Jonathan Swift, Jorge Luis Borges, satiro