찰스 번스틴의 ‘윤리적, 미학적, 정치적’ (반)시학에 대한 연구

A Study on Charles Bernstein’s ‘ethical, aesthetical, political’ (anti)poetics

The aim of this paper is to elucidate that Charles Bernstein’s ‘Language Poetry’ makes ‘aesthetic’ element of language ‘visible, heard and intelligible.’ To clarify what ‘aesthetic’ means, this paper will be supported by the ‘aesthetic’ claims by Jacques Rancière. According to Rancière, aesthetics is closely related to poetics which makes sense data ‘visible, heard and intelligible.’ ‘Representative regime’ based on correspondence between poetics and aesthetics will recognize only what is made ‘visible, heard and intelligible’ by poetics. ‘The principle of adequation’ set up by poetics will determine in advance order and occupation and subsequent distribution of time and space in community. In representative regime, poetics will guarantee and legitimize aesthetics, ethics as ethos and politics of community. On the contrary, ‘aesthetic poetics’ makes ‘visible, heard and intelligible what is ‘alien, foreign’ to poetics of representative regime. ‘Aesthetic poetics’ creates alien and foreign ‘aesthetic’ time and space out of time and space allocated and assigned by poetics of representative regime. ‘Aesthetic’ opens possibilities of ‘alien and foreign’ ethics and politics. Charles Bernstein’s ‘Language Poetry’ forges ‘alien, foreign’ and ‘aesthetic’ language. What ‘aesthetic language’ means is language ‘alien, foreign’ use of language in contrast to language practiced by poetics of representative regime. Aesthetic use of language creates always ‘alien and foreign’ uses other than instrumental uses of language in representative regime. Bernstein’s language poetry makes ‘alien, foreign’ and ‘aesthetic uses of language’ visible, heard and intelligible. His poetic language is ‘alien,foreign’ language carved out of mother tongue. ‘Language Poetry’ made of ‘aesthetic use of language’ which is nothing other than ‘use of alien and foreign mother tongue’ within mother tongue is already ethical and political.