鈥淢y talk will be on a fundamental shift from ontology to 鈥渙tology鈥� a propos the notion of genuine hearing/listening, in Heidegger and his 鈥渇riends,鈥� Kaja Silverman, Derrida and Nancy.鈥� 鈥� Paul Gordon
Paul听Gordan has taught at the University of Colorado since shortly after receiving his Ph.D. from the Department of Comparative Literature at Yale, where he studied with听Paul听de Man, J. Hillis Miller, Shoshana Felman and others. Since then he has been developing his interest in theories of literature through studies in psychoanalysis, film, music, and painting as well as in the continued study of literary theory and the general hermeneutic question of how one 鈥渞eads鈥� art and literature.
His primary interests are in the relationship between art, literature and philosophy. In his writing and teaching he follows the Heideggerian notion of truth as the 鈥渉appening鈥� of truth in which the work of art becomes the locus of its own unique paradigm of questions and answers. His research involves the study of figuration (the 鈥渃ritical double鈥�), tragedy (鈥渞apturous superabundance鈥�), psychoanalysis and, currently, the relationship between art and metaphysic (the 鈥渁bsolute鈥�).
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ARTICLES:听鈥淲ords Words Words: The Un-Usual Suspects.鈥澨�Proceedings of the International Association for Philosophy and Literature听(in Press), Illustration of J. Hillis Miller.鈥澨�Word and Image听24/1 (2006)., 鈥淥edipal Echo-Effects.鈥澨�Kill Bill听I/II. Under Review., 鈥淩evis(ion)ing Freud鈥檚 Medusa: On Castration and the C-Word.鈥� Under Review.
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ACCOLADES:听Boulder Faculty Assembly Teaching Award, Spring 2008.