Theory, Sensitivity, Production of Readers

Authors

  • Guido Herzovich Instituto de Literatura Hispanoamericana, Universidad de Buenos Aires; CONICET

Keywords:

Theory | University | Reading

Abstract

Like many other common concepts, “theory” seems both unavoidable and hard to pinpoint. Seeking to contribute to an understanding of its historical emergence, this note offers a set of reflections on some of the key contexts that gave it currency, like the constitution of literature as an autonomous field in university curricula and the rapprochement between avant-garde practices and institutions. These stem either from a dialogue with insights by well-known theorists like Paul de Man, Hal Foster, Roland Barthes and Jorge Panesi, or from personal experience. Rather than a set of texts, or even practices, theory can be productively discussed as a historical regime for the production of readers, linked to the massification of universities and to current demands in cultural consumption.

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Published

2019-01-31

How to Cite

Herzovich, G. (2019). Theory, Sensitivity, Production of Readers. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (20), 212–219. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/22581

Issue

No. 20 (2019): Limits, Tensions, and Challenges of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature in the 21st Century

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Critic's Notes

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