I am interested
in analyzing how does Poe’s works, or imitating Barthes’ translated
word, texts, in constructing the logic. In Poe’s Black Cat and the Tale-tell
Heart I realized the odd logic within both texts. What I mean by logic is
the pattern I have understood when I was in senior high, math logic: a reason
as “a premise of an argument in support of a belief, esp. a minor premise when
given after the conclusion.[1]”
Logic what I learned was if A means B,
and B means C, then the conclusion
must be A means C. Nonetheless, it is
not what happens on those text. They own odd logic since their main characters
try to deny this Aristotelian logic pattern.
Yet, after I
read Miller’s essay on Heart of Darkness,
it remains me on my own analyzing on the logic. His elaboration on explaining
the deconstruction happening on the text, until now, is the easiest work to
help me to realize the issue might be related to my ongoing research. There is
a possibility that what I try to figure out is the deconstruction. The characters
on Poe’s texts try to deconstruct the logic, to trespass beyond the border of
normality and to “ruin” the steady construction of the Aristotelian logic. The
rejection to apply the mainstream logic, the logic being considered as the
normal throughout the society, is the using of deconstruction. And what is the
significance of my statements? Or what the significance of questioning the
significance of anything?
My analysis is
still ongoing on the logic studies and deconstruction theory. Any responses on
my hypothesis, or moreover any recommendations on any related texts within the
issue are highly appreciated.
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