Abstract
E.M. Cioran's bicycle, which represented for him a cure for the insomnia that had tormented him for approximately seven years, is the focal point of this essay. Hugh Kenner cleverly labeled the human on a bicycle the "Cartesian Centaur,̧ as it represents the culmination of human cognition with an exteriorized, tool-like enhancement. Inspired by Kenner's reading of bicycles in Samuel Beckett, this speculative analysis triangulates the bicycle, Cioran, and Beckett in order to assess the symbolic, aesthetic, pragmatic, and philosophical value of this modern apparatus.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 51-54 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Revista Transilvania |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- History
- Literature and Literary Theory
Keywords
- Bicycle
- Descartes
- E.M. Cioran
- Hugh Kenner
- Insomnia
- Paul Fournel
- René
- Samuel Beckett