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| Titre : | Abnihilization of the Etym : Joyce, Rutherford, and Particle Physics (2016) |
| Auteurs : | Andrzej DUSZENKO, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Irish University Review (Vol 46 n 2 Autumn/Winter 2016) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 275-286 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
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| Résumé : | This essay examines one of Joyce's references to new physics in Finnegans Wake: the allusion to Ernest Rutherford in the opening section of the third chapter of Book II. The composition of Finnegans Wake coincided with the development of the theory of relativity and quantum physics, which resulted in a variety of references to these new scientific developments in the book. The essay argues that among the many Wakean passages referring to new physics, the allusion to Rutherford stands out by virtue of being personal in nature and broad in references. The analysis of the linguistic transformations in the text of the passage suggests that Joyce saw a parallel between the work of the man who ‘split the atom’ and two aspects of his own work: the constant pattern of death and rebirth which is fundamental to the world described in Finnegans Wake, and his own lexical practice in creating a new kind of language to describe that world. References to quantum mechanics in the Rutherford passage are blended with allusions to relativity, the second component of new physics, and the text is placed in a cluster of other references to various elements of the subatomic world. |
| Pays de publication : | Grande-Bretagne (Royaume Uni) |
| Lieu de publication : | Edimbourg |
| Fonds : | Médiathèque |
