Saying no and giving expression to what does not exist and what is destroyed – they have their own linguistic forms. An unusual literary style is explained which emphasizes the character of irreality. Typical meanings are attached to word collages, e.g., to the sentence "A star grazed the bird." Contents: word collages • no, not, non- • text interpretations • realistic and irrealistic way of reading texts • active, passive • literary models • irrealistic texts - what for? • psychological issues • world view, non-world • irrealistic elements in the visual arts, music, and mathematics • examples of irrealistic texts Including an excerpt from Werner Picard: "One Susanne in Auschwitz, An Irrealistic Novel"
Saying no and giving expression to what does not exist and what is destroyed – they have their own linguistic forms. An unusual literary style is explained which emphasizes the character of irreality. Typical meanings are attached to word collages, e.g., to the sentence "A star grazed the bird." Contents: word collages • no, not, non- • text interpretations • realistic and irrealistic way of reading texts • active, passive • literary models • irrealistic texts - what for? • psychological issues • world view, non-world • irrealistic elements in the visual arts, music, and mathematics • examples of irrealistic texts Including an excerpt from Werner Picard: "One Susanne in Auschwitz, An Irrealistic Novel"