TY - DATA T1 - Timelessness and Negativity in Awaiting Oblivion: Hegel and Blanchot in Dialogue PY - 2017/05/21 AU - Rhonda Khatab UR - https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Timelessness_and_Negativity_in_Awaiting_Oblivion_Hegel_and_Blanchot_in_Dialogue/4986422 DO - 10.4225/03/59210fdacdd4f L4 - https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8394017 KW - Maurice Blanchot KW - Awaiting Oblivion KW - Hegel KW - Temporality KW - Hegelian dialectic KW - Literary Studies not elsewhere classified N2 - As an instance of a disjoint temporality, Awaiting Oblivion resourcefully exploits its dislocatory flexibility (displacement is a feature of all language), to effect itself as a self-reflexive, self-engaging critique. It renders mute the voice of presence through its constant renunciation of its right to speak. Time in the récit functions as though it were “deranged and off its hinges” (WD 78). ER -