Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges

Based on recent theoretical developments that reformulate the notion of ekphrasis to conceive it as the verbal representation of a visual representation, the paper proposes a reading of the five ekphrasis scenes that make up Borges' “El Aleph”. Although critical readings of this story have poin...

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Autor principal: Márquez, Joaquín
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Producción e Investigación en Artes, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 2023
Materias:
Borges
écfrasis
argentine literature
Aleph
poetics
literatura argentina
poética
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/42248
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spelling I10-R361-article-422482024-09-29T17:51:47Z Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges La écfrasis como diferencia en “El Aleph” de Borges Márquez, Joaquín Borges écfrasis argentine literature Aleph poetics Borges écfrasis literatura argentina Aleph poética Based on recent theoretical developments that reformulate the notion of ekphrasis to conceive it as the verbal representation of a visual representation, the paper proposes a reading of the five ekphrasis scenes that make up Borges' “El Aleph”. Although critical readings of this story have pointed out that the duel between Borges and Daneri opposes two conceptions of literature and representation, it has not been noticed that ekphrasis is the terrain in which this dispute takes place and unfolds. In this sense, We contrast the writing of Daneri and Borges of the Aleph as ekphrasis and analyze their problems and paradoxes. On the one hand, we maintain that these ekphrases must be read in relation to the other ekphrases in the story, which allows us to situate them as two formal responses of literature within the framework of the transformations produced by modernization. On the other, we propose that Borges makes his ekphrasis of the Aleph a problem of narrative writing. In this way, it proposes a notion of ekphrasis as a difference, which questions the conception in purely representative terms. Partiendo de los desarrollos teóricos recientes que reformulan la noción de écfrasis para concebirla como la representación verbal de una representación visual, el trabajo propone una lectura de las cinco escenas de écfrasis que integran “El Aleph” de Borges. Si bien las lecturas críticas sobre este cuento han señalado que el duelo entre Borges y Daneri contrapone dos concepciones de la literatura y de la representación, no se ha reparado en que son las écfrasis el terreno en el que esa disputa tiene lugar y se despliega. En este sentido, se contrastan la escritura de Daneri y de Borges del Aleph en tanto écfrasis y se analizan sus problemas y paradojas. Por un lado, sostenemos que estas écfrasis deben leerse en relación con las otras écfrasis del cuento, lo que permite situarlas como dos respuestas formales de la literatura en el marco de las transformaciones producidas por la modernización. Por otro, planteamos que Borges hace de su écfrasis del Aleph un problema de escritura narrativa. De este modo, su escritura propone una noción de écfrasis como diferencia, que cuestiona su concepción en términos puramente representativos. Centro de Producción e Investigación en Artes, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. 2023-09-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Double-blind peer-reviewed article Artículo revisado por sistema de pares doble ciego application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/42248 10.55443/artilugio.n9.2023.42248 Artilugio; No. 9 (2023): Multiple fabulations and possible technologies; 166-181 Artilugio; Núm. 9 (2023): Fabulaciones múltiples y tecnologías posibles; 166-181 Artilugio; n. 9 (2023): Fabulaciones múltiples y tecnologías posibles; 166-181 2408-462X 10.55443/artilugio.n9.2023 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/42248/42559 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/42248/42560 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/ART/article/view/42248/42561 Derechos de autor 2023 Joaquín Márquez https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
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topic Borges
écfrasis
argentine literature
Aleph
poetics
Borges
écfrasis
literatura argentina
Aleph
poética
spellingShingle Borges
écfrasis
argentine literature
Aleph
poetics
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écfrasis
literatura argentina
Aleph
poética
Márquez, Joaquín
Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
topic_facet Borges
écfrasis
argentine literature
Aleph
poetics
Borges
écfrasis
literatura argentina
Aleph
poética
author Márquez, Joaquín
author_facet Márquez, Joaquín
author_sort Márquez, Joaquín
title Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
title_short Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
title_full Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
title_fullStr Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
title_full_unstemmed Ekphrasis as difference in “El Aleph” by Borges
title_sort ekphrasis as difference in “el aleph” by borges
description Based on recent theoretical developments that reformulate the notion of ekphrasis to conceive it as the verbal representation of a visual representation, the paper proposes a reading of the five ekphrasis scenes that make up Borges' “El Aleph”. Although critical readings of this story have pointed out that the duel between Borges and Daneri opposes two conceptions of literature and representation, it has not been noticed that ekphrasis is the terrain in which this dispute takes place and unfolds. In this sense, We contrast the writing of Daneri and Borges of the Aleph as ekphrasis and analyze their problems and paradoxes. On the one hand, we maintain that these ekphrases must be read in relation to the other ekphrases in the story, which allows us to situate them as two formal responses of literature within the framework of the transformations produced by modernization. On the other, we propose that Borges makes his ekphrasis of the Aleph a problem of narrative writing. In this way, it proposes a notion of ekphrasis as a difference, which questions the conception in purely representative terms.
publisher Centro de Producción e Investigación en Artes, Facultad de Artes, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.
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