On the Ludic Character of Literary Allusion

Authors

  • Gayane Girunyan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2006.2.1-2.018

Abstract

The article investigates the possibility of viewing literary allusion as a game. More specifically, it is described as a “game-riddle” whose “deciphering”, owing to its structure and stable constituents, allows claiming that the notion of allusion is a game by nature.
The article presents the scheme of understanding allusion which is based on the hermeneutic circles of part – whole, pre-understanding – understanding, cognition – knowledge. The mechanism question – answer is an ontological base not only for “deciphering” a riddle but also for interpreting an allusion, the only difference being that while a question is typical of a riddle, in case of the allusion the reader asks questions and answers them himself to arrive at understanding.

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Published

2006-10-16

How to Cite

Girunyan, G. (2006). On the Ludic Character of Literary Allusion. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2(1-2 (2), 18–25. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2006.2.1-2.018

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Section

Linguistics