The Ecstatic Quotidian : Phenomenological Sightings in Modern Art and Literature

Fascination with quotidian experience in modern art, literature, and philosophy promotes ecstatic forms of reflection on the very structure of the everyday world. Gosetti-Ferencei examines the ways in which modern art and literature enable a study of how we experience quotidian life. She shows that modernism, while exhibiting many strands of development, can be understood by investigating how its attentions to perception and expectation, to the common quality of things, or to childhood play gives way to experiences of ecstasis ―the stepping outside of the ordinary familiarity of the world. While phenomenology grounds this study (through Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Bachelard), what makes this book more than a treatise on phenomenological aesthetics is the way in which modernity itself is examined in its relation to the quotidian. Through the works of artists and writers such as Benjamin, Cézanne, Frost, Klee, Newman, Pollock, Ponge, Proust, Rilke, Robbe-Grillet, Rothko, Sartre, and Twombly, the world of quotidian life can be seen to harbor a latent ecstasis. The breakdown of the quotidian through and after modernism then becomes an urgent question for understanding art and literature in its capacity to further human experience, and it points to the limits of phenomenological explications of the everyday. Fascination With Quotidian Experience In Modern Art, Literature, And Philosophy Promotes Ecstatic Forms Of Reflection On The Very Structure Of The Everyday World. Gosetti-ferencei Examines The Ways In Which Modern Art And Literature Enable A Study Of How We Experience Quotidian Life. She Shows That Modernism, While Exhibiting Many Strands Of Development, Can Be Understood By Investigating How Its Attentions To Perception And Expectation, To The Common Quality Of Things, Or To Childhood Play Gives Way To Experiences Of Ecstasis - The Stepping Outside Of The Ordinary Familiarity Of The World. While Phenomenology Grounds This Study (through Husserl, Heidegger, Merleau-ponty, And Bachelard), What Makes This Book More Than A Treatise On Phenomenological Aesthetics Is The Way In Which Modernity Itself Is Examined In Its Relation To The Quotidian. Through The Works Of Artists And Writers Such As Benjamin, Cezanne, Frost, Klee, Newman, Pollock, Ponge, Proust, Rilke, Robbe-grillet, Rothko, Sartre, And Twombly, The World Of Quotidian Life Can Be Seen To Harbor A Latent Ecstasis. The Breakdown Of The Quotidian Through And After Modernism Then Becomes An Urgent Question For Understanding Art And Literature In Its Capacity To Further Human Experience, And It Points To The Limits Of Phenomenological Explications Of The Everyday.--book Jacket. The Quotidian And Literary-phenomenological Departures From Everydayness -- Sources Of Ecstasies In Childhood Experience -- Literary Phenomenology From The Natural Attitude To Recognition -- The Mysterious And Poetry Of The World's Inner Horizons -- The Painterly And The Poetic Image Between Rilke And Cezanne -- The Silent Ecstasis Of Vision -- Ecstatic Mimesis In Trompe L'Œil. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-ferencei. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [249]-258) And Index.

Fascination with quotidian experience in modern art, literature,and philosophy promotes ecstatic forms of reflection on the verystructure of the everyday world. Gosetti-Ferencei examines the waysin which modern art and literature enable a study of how weexperience quotidian life. She shows that modernism, whileexhibiting many strands of development, can be understood byinvestigating how its attentions to perception and expectation, tothe common quality of things, or to childhood play gives way toexperiences of ecstasis-the stepping outside of theordinary familiarity of the world.

While phenomenology grounds this study (through Husserl,Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Bachelard), what makes this book morethan a treatise on phenomenological aesthetics is the way in whichmodernity itself is examined in its relation to the quotidian.Through the works of artists and writers such as Benjamin, Cézanne,Frost, Klee, Newman, Pollock, Ponge, Proust, Rilke, Robbe-Grillet,Rothko, Sartre, and Twombly, the world of quotidian life can beseen to harbor a latent ecstasis. The breakdown of thequotidian through and after modernism then becomes an urgentquestion for understanding art and literature in its capacity tofurther human experience, and it points to the limits ofphenomenological explications of the everyday.

Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 The Quotidian and Literary-Phenomenological Departures from Everydayness 2 Sources of Ecstasis in Childhood Experience 3 Literary Phenomenology from the Natural Attitude to Recognition 4 The Mysterious and Poetry of the World’s Inner Horizons 5 The Painterly and the Poetic Image Between Rilke and Cézanne 6 The Silent Ecstasis of Vision 7 Ecstatic Mimesis in Trompe l’Oeil Epilogue References Index Fascination with quotidian experience in modern art, literature, and philosophy promotes ecstatic forms of reflection on the very structure of the everyday world. This book examines the ways in which modern art and literature enable a study of how we experience quotidian life.