Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry
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0:00 - 0:01ルイジアナ チャンネル
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0:01 - 0:03ジョナサン・サフラン・フォア
小説は詩に学べ -
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と言われます -
0:07 - 0:09最初の文学作品が
作られてすぐ -
0:09 - 0:12そう言うように
なったのでしょう -
0:12 - 0:14最近
一層そう言われています -
0:14 - 0:19それを後押しするのは
本を読む人が少なくなった事 -
0:19 - 0:23深まりつつある
文学への無関心 -
0:23 - 0:32懸念や不信さえある
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0:33 - 0:36何でも
画面で見ようとする風潮も -
0:36 - 0:39画面向きとは言えない
本にとっては -
0:39 - 0:42良くない事でしょう
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0:42 - 0:44画面上で本を
読む事はできます -
0:44 - 0:45でも Eメールや
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0:45 - 0:50カレンダー 書き物が
置いてある画面では無理 -
0:50 - 0:53そういうメディアには
敵わない -
0:53 - 0:56人はこれからも
本を読むだろうか? -
0:56 - 1:02思うに 文学にしかできない
伝えられない事は -
1:02 - 1:07まだ残っている
これからもずっとあり続ける -
1:07 - 1:10文学が必ずしも
映画やダンス 音楽より -
1:10 - 1:12優れているとは思いません
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1:13 - 1:17実際 個人的にはよく
文学より 映画やダンスに -
1:17 - 1:19惹かれます
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1:19 - 1:21でも人生において
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1:21 - 1:25文学が それも文学だけが
必要な時がある -
1:25 - 1:29例えば 一週間前
旧友の母親が― -
1:29 - 1:30亡くなりました
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1:30 - 1:33僕はNYからDCへ
その旧友を訪ねた -
1:33 - 1:39何を言うべきか とても気まずい
痛みさえ覚える沈黙を - -
1:39 - 1:42どう埋めればいいのか?
とても悩みました -
1:43 - 1:48僕は詩を持参する事にした
20篇ぐらいの詩です -
1:48 - 1:50僕が詩を朗読し
二人で内容を語った -
1:51 - 1:54その時僕らは―
勿論 主に彼女がですが -
1:54 - 1:58でも二人で一緒に
立ち向かったのです -
1:58 - 2:04人生最大の時である「死」を迎え
僕たちが頼ったもの それは― -
2:06 - 2:07「詩」だったのです
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2:08 - 2:12人生における 恐ろしく
緊迫した 生と死にまつわる時 -
2:13 - 2:19詩や短編 それに長編小説は
大きな助けになる -
2:19 - 2:23僕はそう思うのです
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2:24 - 2:29長編は何時間も
あるいは何日もかけて -
2:29 - 2:35短編でさえ 三十分はかけて
読まれるものです -
2:35 - 2:39彼女にどの程度
エネルギーがあるか分からず -
2:39 - 2:41短い物がいいと思った
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2:41 - 2:44それも詩を選んだ理由ですが
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2:44 - 2:47詩が文学の
最も凝縮された形 ある意味― -
2:47 - 2:49最も純粋な形だから
という理由もある -
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- Title:
- Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry
- Description:
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Interview with American writer Jonathan Safran Foer, in which he reflects on the power of literature in general and poetry in particular. Foer also argues that art always has a personal point of departure, where the artist confronts the world and rearranges it.
In this interview Jonathan Safran Foer (born 1977) reflects on various media and cultural activities. Personally, he is fascinated by film, but at all the critical moments of life Foer has been drawn to the unique power of literature, and especially poetry. However, all true art and culture has a common ground, Foer says. Unlike most other activities in society, art and culture are produced without a direct function and solely for their own sake. Foer argues that every work of art -- whether it is a painting, a book, a film or a piece of music -- is highly subjective at heart. Foer further explains why his novels often revolve around the theme of the family. "How can you not write about it," he asks, "since everybody is confronted with the subject, even those who have lost their family or grew up without it?" It would be much more relevant, he claims, to ask J.K. Rowling why she writes about wizards.
Jonathan Safran Foer was interviewed by Synne Rifbjerg.
Camera: Troels Kahl and Martin Kogi
Produced by: Kamilla Bruus and Synne Rifbjerg, 2012
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Meet more artists at http://channel.louisiana.dk
Louisiana Channel is a non-profit video channel for the Internet launched by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in November 2012. Each week Louisiana Channel will publish videos about and with artists in visual art, literature, architecture, design etc.
Read more:
http://channel.louisiana.dk/aboutSupported by Nordea-fonden.
- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
Louisiana Channel
- Duration:
- 12:08
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Mami Kawade edited Japanese subtitles for Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry | |
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Mami Kawade edited Japanese subtitles for Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry | |
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Mami Kawade edited Japanese subtitles for Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry | |
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Mami Kawade edited Japanese subtitles for Jonathan Safran Foer: Novels can learn from poetry |