Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaLidiando con el 'efecto Funes': en torno de la posibilidad de una historia literaria
This work discusses the feasibility conditions for a literary history in the beginning of the 21st century, when many of this discipline's assumptions has been put at stake. Taking as a starting point David T. Gies' article ("The Funes effect: making literary history"), which hom...
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| Formato: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Lenguaje: | Español |
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Centro de Estudios de Teoría y Crítica Literaria, IdIHCS - CONICET. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación. UNLP
2006
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.orbistertius.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/OTv11n12a12 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/27135 |
| Sumario: | This work discusses the feasibility conditions for a literary history in the beginning of the 21st century, when many of this discipline's assumptions has been put at stake. Taking as a starting point David T. Gies' article ("The Funes effect: making literary history"), which homologates the situation of the literature historian with the character of Borges' story, overwhelmed by the accurate remembrance of every details and, therefore, unable to think. After going through all the apories and limitations that haunt anyone who dares to write literary history, Gies limits himself to point out the endurance of a practice as impossible as inevitable, since a reluctant offer is still surpassed by a persisting demand. This article attempts to go beyond Gies' pragmatic answer and proposes arguments for struggling with "the Funes effect" and supporting the historical-literary research motives. In order to do this, it focuses in two capital matters: the possibility of a historical contextualization of texts and the narratization of a literary past as a legitimate way of knowledge. The concrete exemplification reflects the specific field of studies of the author - Hispanic medievalism. |
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