A Brief Stroll (with RB) Along the Edges of Language
Irony in Barthes, that method of destabilizing the certainties of language, criticism, and discourse.
Essays
Language
Essays
Traditional Chinese Language and Poetry
Traditional Chinese poetry uses concrete and ritualistic language, not to describe reality, but to evoke it and connect with the essence of things.
Book Reviews
‘Hilarotragoedia’: Rhetoric of Descent
A book that marked the radical debut of Manganelli, who turned an allegorical descent into an exploration of language, with self-referential and philosophical prose that subverted traditional narrative.