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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
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