{"id":7260,"date":"2026-04-25T13:41:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/?page_id=7260"},"modified":"2026-04-25T13:41:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T11:41:41","slug":"1983-blindness-and-insight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/favoriete-dingen\/1983-blindness-and-insight\/","title":{"rendered":"1983 &#8211; Blindness and Insight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-ik-denk-dat-ik-het-begrijp\">Ik denk dat ik het begrijp<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-over-letterlijk-en-figuurlijk\">Over letterlijk en figuurlijk<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bij het opruimen vond ik onderstaande snipper papier uit mijn studententijd terug. Alle steekkaarten, geannoteerde kopie\u00ebn en kladversies die bij mijn thesis hoorden, zijn al decennia verdwenen. Maar dit strookje heb ik blijkbaar ooit van het oud papier gered. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-1024x504.jpeg\" alt=\"Citaat van Paul De Man (handschrift van Paul Bogaert): &quot;All representational poetry is always allegorical, whether it be aware of it or not, and the allegorical power of the language undermines and obscures the specific literal meaning of a representation open to understanding. But all allegorical poetry must contain a representational element that invites and allows for understanding, only to discover that the understanding it reaches is necessarily in error. (De Man, 1983; 185).\n\nfrom: Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism. 2nd ed. (ISBN\u00a00-8166-1135-1), 1983.\" class=\"wp-image-7262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-1024x504.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-300x148.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-768x378.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-1536x755.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-2048x1007.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Notitie_De-Man-203x100.jpeg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-sitebg-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"font-size:16px\">Snipper, inkt op papier, 1991?.<br>&#8220;All representational poetry is always allegorical, whether it be aware of it or not, and the allegorical power of the language undermines and obscures the specific literal meaning of a representation open to understanding. But all allegorical poetry must contain a representational element that invites and allows for understanding, only to discover that the understanding it reaches is necessarily in error. (De Man, 1983; 185)&#8221;<br>Citaat uit: Paul De Man, <em>Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism<\/em>. 2nd ed., 1983.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Nu ik eraan terugdenk, het had toch iets: met een scriptie de studententijd afronden, die uitdagende fase waarin je het zelf moest\/mocht uitzoeken. In mijn geval, wat taal allemaal vermag, in theorie, in po\u00ebzie, in de praktijk. Dat je er als lezer met het verstand iets van maakt. Je ziet het. Niet. Het klopt. Nooit helemaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Meer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paulbogaert.be\/gedichten\/favoriete-dingen\/\">Favoriete dingen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ik denk dat ik het begrijp Over letterlijk en figuurlijk Bij het opruimen vond ik onderstaande snipper papier uit mijn studententijd terug. Alle steekkaarten, geannoteerde kopie\u00ebn en kladversies die bij mijn thesis hoorden, zijn al decennia verdwenen. Maar dit strookje heb ik blijkbaar ooit van het oud papier gered. 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