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Title: | Facticity versus factitiousness: Thom Gunn’s poems on Ander Gunn’s untitled photographs | Authors: | Avelar, Mário | Keywords: | Thom Gunn;ekphrasis;facticity and factitiousness;photographer’s eye;Thom Gunn;écfrase;facticidade e ficcionalidade;fotografia | Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | Imprensa da Universidade de Coimbra | Journal: | http://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/42307 | Abstract: | This essay ponders on the dichotomy “facticity versus factitiousness” on a sequence of Thom Gunn’s 1966 ekphrastic poems Positives, a book that develops a dialogue with his brother Ander Gunn’s black and white pictures. Anchored in those concepts – facticity and factitiousness – the essay deals with the social dimension of photography and Thom Gunn’s capacity to develop subjective insights that somehow expand the visual report of a time that only remains in the photographer’s eye. O ensaio reflete sobre a dicotomia entre facticidade e ficcionalidade na sequência de poemas de Thom Gunn, publicada em 1966 e intitulada Positives, obra que estabelece um diálogo com as fotografias a preto e branco do irmão, Ander Gunn. Ancorado nestes conceitos – facticidade e ficcionalidade – o ensaio explora a dimensão social da fotografia e a capacidade de Thom Gunn de criar sentidos que de algum modo se expandem para além do relato visual de um momento que ficou apenas no olhar do fotógrafo. |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316.2/42311 | ISBN: | 978-989-26-1307-9 978-989-26-1308-6 (PDF) |
DOI: | 10.14195/978-989-26-1308-6_3 | Rights: | open access |
Appears in Collections: | The Edge of one of many circles: homenagem a Irene Ramalho Santos |
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