Document Type : Scientific Research
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PhD. Student, Department of French and German Languages, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
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Associate Professor, Department of French Language, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of French and German Languages, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.48311/lrr.2026.116568.1016
Abstract
Jacques Dupin, a prominent figure in post-World War II French poetry, crafted a poetic language characterized by rupture, opacity, and a constant tension between presence and absence. This study, employing a phenomenological approach and close reading of Dupin’s poems, innovatively explores language instability, embodiment, and active silence, demonstrating how his poetry departs from traditional and lyrical structures to redefine modern poetic discourse. Unlike previous studies focusing primarily on linguistic or aesthetic disruptions, this article integrates phenomenology (Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty) and Derridean deconstruction (différance, trace) to analyze language as an existential event that reveals the instability of meaning. The findings indicate that Dupin’s poetry, through the dissolution of the subject, the materiality of language, and silence as an act, poses a fundamental challenge to classical French poetic traditions. It contributes to a deeper understanding of modern French poetry, where language serves as both a site of loss and a space for renewed emergence.
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