Friction of the Frame

In her study, Simone Heller-Andrist applies the Kantian and Derridean parergon to English literature. The parergon is a specific type of frame that interacts with the work it surrounds in a fashion likely to influence or even manipulate our reading of the work. On the basis of this interaction, Derrida''s parergon becomes a valid methodological tool that allows a close analysis of the mechanisms i...