Agenda

Orfisme i judaisme. Un combat per la memòria en Paul Celan

Lecture by Arnau Pons

Thursday, October 14,

Institut d'Estudis Nahmànides

Lecture within the cycle Reviving the time lived: memory and history in Judaism, which proposes a reflection on the concepts and uses of the terms "memory" and "history" in the context of contemporary Judaism.

The discovery of the Orphic tablets, with the advice that the soul of the dead should follow in the afterlife, attracted the attention of some poets, who took the suggestive image of the "white cypress" from the Orphic text, linked to oblivion, to treat it according to one's own historical experience. It is no coincidence that Celan, Bartra and Riba have seen this tree as a threat, unlike Gottfried Benn. In this session we will comment on a poem from the cycle "Atemkristall", by Celan, and we will see how the value of memory in Judaism (with the injunction to remember) helps the poet to distance himself from the myth and write a critical poetry, against all forms of forgetfulness.

Arnau Pons is a poet, essayist and has received the 2015 National Translation Prize. His latest books are "La traducció, la vida" (Afers 2020) and "Amb aquestes mans" (Edicions Poncianes, 2021) .

The lectures will be recorded and can be reviewed from the website of the University of Girona (UdG).
Following the entire cycle will lead to obtaining half a credit (UdG students).

Free assistance with prior registration.
Lecture in Catalan.

Organized by: Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies (Patronat Call de Girona) and Ferrater Mora Chair of Contemporary Thought (UdG). Place: Nahmanides Institute for Jewish Studies