UP TALKS | A Poetics of the Literary Work: In Sum
Summary
TLDRThis script delves into the profound connection between imagination, language, and the human quest for truth and meaning. It posits that imagination is the driving force behind great thinkers and the essence of humanity's nature. Language, as a tool of imagination, shapes our perception of reality and allows us to express our experiences and emotions. The script also discusses the role of poetry and literature in shaping our understanding of the world and our place within it, emphasizing the importance of a writer's authentic voice in reflecting the cultural and historical context of their country.
Takeaways
- đ Imagination is essential for thinking and intuition; without it, concepts are empty and intuitions are blind.
- đ§ Great thinkers, scientists, inventors, and artists are characterized by their vigorous imagination, which is a key to humanity's future.
- đ The quest for truth is inherent to human nature, and the pursuit of knowledge is a fundamental part of being human.
- đŁïž Language can be abused, and when it is, it distorts truth and can deceive both the speaker and the listener.
- đ The universal plane is a site of everlasting quest and questioning, not a realm of eternal verities.
- đ€ The quest for meaning is a personal journey that is intertwined with the quest for truth in nature and human affairs.
- đ Our knowledge is limited and often based on hypotheses or consensus among experts, acknowledging the lifespan of theories and the potential for ambiguity.
- đ Our worldview, moral compass, values, and ideals are shaped by our experiences and the truths we perceive.
- đ Language is a conceptual and evocative system of representation, crucial for translating thoughts and feelings into a shared understanding.
- đ The poem or literary work is a creation of language and imagination, reflecting the poet's own experience and interpretation of life.
- đ The literary work humanizes us by presenting human experiences and emotions, connecting readers across time and culture.
Q & A
What is the relationship between imagination and thinking according to the speaker?
-The speaker argues that imagination and thinking are deeply interconnected, stating that without imagination, there is no thinking or intuition. Imagination is essential for the formation of concepts and is vital for the pursuits of great thinkers, scientists, inventors, and artists.
How does the speaker define the essence of being human?
-The speaker defines the essence of being human as the quest for truth and knowledge. According to the speaker, only the truth satisfies and fulfills human nature, making truth-seeking a fundamental aspect of human existence.
What does the speaker say about the role of language in conveying truth?
-The speaker emphasizes that language inherently speaks truth, and the abuse of language, such as lying, distorts both self and others. Language is a tool that can translate thoughts and perceptions into an understandable form, and it is the foundation of meaningful human communication.
How does the speaker describe the relationship between language and imagination?
-The speaker describes language and imagination as being one and the same, as language is a product of the imagination. Through language, imagination makes abstract concepts real to the mind, allowing for the expression of experiences, thoughts, and feelings.
What is the significance of poetry and literary work according to the speaker?
-Poetry and literary work are seen as products of both language and imagination. The speaker argues that the poem is not just written in language but is shaped by it, breathing life into words and giving meaning to human experiences.
What does the speaker mean by the term 'poetic sense'?
-The 'poetic sense' refers to a deep sense of reality that is expressed through language. It is the inherent ability of language to speak truth and convey the meaningfulness of human experience, making it the foundation of poetic expression.
How does the speaker view the role of a poet in relation to their culture and language?
-The speaker views the poet as someone who shapes and forges language to reflect the experiences of their culture and historical context. The poet's work is an interpretation of their own experience, which contributes to the cultural and literary tradition of their country.
What is the relationship between a reader and a literary work as described by the speaker?
-The speaker explains that a reader's interpretation of a literary work is influenced by their own life experiences and cultural background. The poem or literary work achieves a life of its own through the reader's imaginative engagement, making each reading a unique interpretation.
What is the speaker's perspective on the formal aspects of writing?
-While the speaker acknowledges the importance of formal excellence in writing, they caution against a purely formalist perspective. Such an approach, according to the speaker, would strip the literary work of its cultural and emotional depth, which are essential for conveying the lived experiences of a people.
How does the speaker describe the role of literature in shaping a nation's identity?
-The speaker describes literature as the 'racial memory' of a nation, asserting that a country's strength lies in the memory preserved through its literature. Writers, by creating literary works, help forge a sense of national identity and contribute to the collective imagination of a people.
Outlines
đ Imagination and the Quest for Truth
The first paragraph emphasizes the critical role of imagination in the human pursuit of truth and knowledge. It posits that without imagination, there is no thinking or intuition, and great thinkers, scientists, inventors, and artists are characterized by their robust imagination. The text discusses the interplay between concepts and intuition, suggesting that both are necessary for a comprehensive understanding. It also touches on the idea that humanity's essence lies in its quest for truth, which is intrinsic to human nature. The paragraph further explores the misuse of language and its consequences, highlighting the importance of truth in communication and the individual's quest for personal meaning and truth in their experiences.
đ Language as the Tool of Imagination
The second paragraph delves into the relationship between language and imagination, describing language as a conceptual and evocative system of representation that allows us to articulate our thoughts and feelings about the world. It discusses the limitations of individual perception and the transcendental nature of reality beyond our minds. The paragraph also examines the power of words to evoke images and meanings, and how these are shaped by our experiences and cultural context. The role of the poet and the literary work as a fusion of language and imagination is explored, with the poet forging a unique path through the 'wilderness of language' to create meaningful works that reflect lived or imagined experiences.
đ The Poem as a Living Literary Experience
The third paragraph discusses the poem as a living embodiment of the poet's experience and imagination, emphasizing that the essence of a literary work lies in its meaningfulness and the ability to resonate with readers on a personal level. It explains how the poem is not just a collection of words but a living world that the poet breathes life into. The paragraph also addresses the idea that the poem's power to persuade and move readers is derived from the poet's personal stance or perspective, which is the central organizing principle of the work. The discussion extends to the reader's role in interpreting the poem, suggesting that each reader's understanding is influenced by their own life experiences and cultural context.
đ Philippine Literature as a Cultural Tapestry
The final paragraph reflects on the nature of Philippine literature, likening it to an archipelago of letters with multiple languages, including English and Spanish, that have been assimilated into regional languages over time. It argues that any language can express the full range of human thought and experience, given the evocative power of imagination. The paragraph also touches on the idea that the writer's familiarity with multiple languages can be advantageous in expressing insights more clearly. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of literature as a form of national memory and the writer's role in shaping the country's sense of identity and destiny through their work.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄImagination
đĄConcepts and Intuitions
đĄTruth
đĄLanguage
đĄPoetics
đĄMeaning
đĄLiterary Work
đĄInterpretation
đĄPoetry
đĄExperience
đĄLiterary Tradition
Highlights
Imagination is essential for thinking and intuition, and without it, concepts are empty and intuitions are blind.
Great thinkers, scientists, inventors, and artists are characterized by their vigorous imagination.
Imagination is the genius that will save humanity and the earth.
Man is the only being that seeks truth in knowledge, which is his essence.
The abuse of language can deceive oneself and others, and degrade one's nature.
The universal plain is a site of everlasting quest and questioning, not a realm of eternal verities.
The quest for meaning is personal and is part of the quest for the truth of things in nature and human affairs.
Our knowing is limited and often based on hypotheses or consensus among experts in a scientific field.
A theory has a certain lifespan and can be impeded by ambiguity, requiring a grip on possible interpretations.
Our worldview, moral compass, values, ideals, and faith are shaped by our truth and experiences.
Nothing becomes real until it is experienced, as stated by John Keats.
Language is a conceptual and evocative system of representation, translating our perception of reality.
Language and imagination are intertwined, with language being the finest invention of imagination.
The poem or literary work is a work of language and imagination, shaped by the poet's experience and interpretation.
The poem's meaningfulness or 'diva' is its soul or spirit, and it varies from reader to reader based on their experience.
Literature humanizes us by reflecting on human experiences and emotions.
The poet's mood, stance, or viewpoint governs the experience depicted in their work.
Philippine literature is an archipelago of letters, with many languages contributing to its richness.
Any language can express anything the mind seeks to grasp, given the evocative power of imagination.
The writer's native tongue and English may provide a distinct advantage in expressing insights more clearly.
Literature is the racial memory of a country, and a country's strength lies in its people's memory.
The writer stands on their own ground, forging language to grasp their authentic self.
The poet and scholar may be the best critic and interpreter of their own country's literature.
Transcripts
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this dock has to do with a poetics of
the literary work first of all we I
would like to say mine and imagination
are one without imagination
there is no thinking nor intuition
beyond concept concepts without
intuition or empty says the manual can't
intuitions without concept are blind all
great thinkers scientists inventors
artists are men and women of vigorous
imagination in the end it is the genius
or two tutelary spirit in imagination
shall save humanity and earth man is the
only being among other beings on earth
that seeks truth in knowledge truth
seeking then is his being or essence as
human only the truth satisfies and
fulfills his nature every man her sole
responsibility for and answers to his
being the liar abuses language for the
word by itself speaks truth honor is
honor murder is murdered he deceives
himself and others as well and degrees
his own nature when he abuses language
what we call the universal plain is not
the realm of eternal verities but rather
the site of everlasting quest and
questioning where there are no questions
the quest ceases what meaning dwells in
one's experience of
is it truth as its interpretation the
quest for meaning is the personal aspect
of the quest for the truth of things in
nature and in human affairs but one's
meaning isn't always truth all our
knowing is limited in a given scientific
field one has either a hypothesis as the
most probable meaning of an empirical
observation or the truth of a theory by
consensus among scientists or experts in
the specific field of that theory yet
even there a theory has a certain
lifespan where an ambiguity impedes
thinking we grow to have a grip on a
possible interpretation of an
observation or conjecture from lives
lived or imagined we draw our worldview
moral compass values ideals faith our
truth is there
we love goodness beauty or one what we
call our world is what we perceive or
into it in our day-to-day living
nothing ever becomes real says John
Keats until it is experience a world he
says is the veil of soul making we
create our selves all the meaningfulness
of our human condition Springs from what
we take was the truth in our experience
the imagination our minds profound thus
faculty or power makes real
to the mind what it abstracts us the
truth in our experience from there we
weave the words of a language to give it
an apprehensible form within the writers
world we've the interplay words bears
out his meaning side side significance
our reality is evermore only a human
reality individually we have no access
to the consciousness of the other person
or animal a cat perception of its living
reality is its own what is beyond the
minds reaches transcendental or mystical
if you like the own imagination were no
words break let's talk about language
language a conceptual evocative system
of representation is our only means to
translate into an apprehensible verbal
form our thoughts and feelings about our
world in our own time and culture of
course other than words there are other
forms of language numbers signs symbols
graphs language is the finest invention
of the imagination
thus language and imagination are one in
speech and writing language translates
that is to say fairies across its words
our perception of reality our worlds are
concepts abstractions the word evokes an
image the image lights up its meaning
say justice an abstraction
what image in your mind does it evoke
that image lights of the can
the imagination to repeat makes real to
the mind what the mind obstructs from
our experience what the mind perceives
all into it's in the world what is most
real is what is most imaginative our
words do not arise from themselves or
from their differential play so much as
from lives lived in a given historical
time and culture
what meaning dwells in one's experience
is its truth its
size.i truth saying or truth bearing is
the very nature of language words speak
truth the sense for language is the
basic poetic sense our deep sense of
reality it isn't language that
deteriorate but our sense for for it
with our reading cultivates let's talk
about poetry Greek coin to make yields
the English word poet
hence poem is a generic term for all
kinds of literary work poetry for
imaginative literature and the poet a
figure for all writers as literary
artists the poem or literary work is
work of language and work of imagination
both it is not written in any given
language so much as rod or shape from it
wrote from that is the poet forges his
own path through the wilderness of
language were the words contained for
their own image and
for his own clearing in that wilderness
thus it can be said the point language
is its own the care for words is scare
of life
the poet seeks the light of the living
experience itself either as live as
imagined or recalled or as only imagine
as lived - writin is to get real to
breathe life into language thus finally
the poem isn't its language it is the
living become world
the poem is to live the point the
literary work is already the poet's own
reading or interpretation of his own
experience us live or us imagine
therefore its being or essence is its
meaningfulness or d-1 its soul or spirit
every reader apprehends that
meaningfulness or diva in light of his
own life experience in his own
historical time and cultural space this
is why and how the literary work
humanizes us it's subject taxa or theme
is always a human experience our
experience Ubuntu sisters on Mandela
freely translated I am because we are an
Albert Camus says every great word makes
the human face more admirable and richer
and this is his whole secret da'wah is
essentially in the writing of the poem
or literary work the poet's all move
or feeling stands or attitude outlook or
perspective that mood stands or
viewpoint governs the experience that
the poet depicts or simulate therefore
diva is basically the spring of the
poems
Dynamis or power to persuade and move
the reader intellectually and
emotionally and that power then may be
taken as the ultimate organizing or
structural principle of the whole poem
or literary world in the poet's entire
corpus his poems constantly and
conversed with one another
and therefore the reader or critic is
able to comprehend the poet's central
themes or main concerns and grasp his
unique place in his own country's
literary tradition the poem bares reader
to reader its size I the truth of the
experience it depicts the stupid the
poem is to live every reader who has an
adequate grass of the poet's language
draws imaginatively from his own light
experience including his other readings
in order to apprehend the plains
sigh sigh and be one the points
interpretation therefore may vary from
reader to reader it need only be
plausible because as you read imagine an
inter speck you are also read thus it
may also be said the poem achieves a
life of its own reader the reader over
the course of time we may note
parenthetically the word interpretation
comes from Latin interpret re to
negotiate inter press agent thus one
negotiate with the points tax or world
weave with absolute respect for its
integrity and becomes its agent let's
talk about our country I agree with
formally Skrillex as to formal
excellence in the craft of writing but I
would insist a purely formalist
perspective would evacuate our points of
the Filipino sense of his well deplete
them of the grit and grace and lively
humor in our people's day-to-day living
where the poem as rot or shape has
earned it sighs I and D WA
I think of Philippine literature as an
archipelago of letters because we have
many languages including English and
Spanish both of which have been
assimilated over time into our various
regional languages tagalog cygwin on
Hiligaynon karai
the local people etc they are as much
Filipino as that evolving Tagalog base
Filipino that we hope would eventually
through great writing from it become
truly our national language the fact of
the matter is any language can express
anything at all that the mind seeks to
grasp because writing is a discipline of
what the words are made to do such that
what is wrought can through the
evocative power of imagination on both
the writer and the reader sparked
transcend
the inherent inadequacies of any
language to probe an encompass all of
reality I might add the very fact that
the writer deals in daily life with
English and his own native tongue may
even be a distinct advantage that is if
the writer is sensitive and observant he
might become more familiar with the
space with that space between languages
were precisely him as a struggle for
clearer expression of his insights with
his language of choice let me repeat the
meanings of our words arise mainly from
lives lived through a people's history
and culture therefore the poems in
morsel is the poet's country for once
country is how one imagines her us when
we say anang Byam a country is what a
people's imagination owes its allegiance
to the literature by the writers other
artists of course and scholars certainly
I had their writers our writers is what
creates the works is what creates their
sense of country which ultimately is
forged by their sense for language the
literature is the racial memory and a
country is only as strong as her
people's memory memory which is
imaginations Heartland ethnic walking
says to remember and the same that is my
vocation the writer stands upon his own
ground his own native clearing the way
his fellow countrymen think and feel
about their world
and so live from Sun to Sun in that
clearing he forges shapes language in
the smithy of his mind and heart and
grasp his own authentic self there in
the poetry as rod if one reads close and
imagines well the poet and the scholar
also may well be his own country's best
critic and interpreter and der why he
might refresh or enrich a current vision
of his country's destiny or renew a lost
heritage or even transform it thank you
very much
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