Motifs of Finnegans Wake in a story by Katherine Porter
Katherine Porter´s collection of shorts stories, The Learning Tower and Other Stories, was published towards the end of the Second World War in 1944, amid a revival of interest in Joyce´s last work, Finnegans Wake (1939). This interest was aroused by the author’s death in 1941 and especially by the...
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I22-R128-article-56422024-12-09T17:48:08Z Motifs of Finnegans Wake in a story by Katherine Porter Motivos de Finnegans Wake en un cuento de Katherine Porter Esteban, Mariana Ethel Modernismo/Vanguardias Motivos Crisis de 1930 Modernism/Avant-garde Motifs Crisis of 1930 Katherine Porter´s collection of shorts stories, The Learning Tower and Other Stories, was published towards the end of the Second World War in 1944, amid a revival of interest in Joyce´s last work, Finnegans Wake (1939). This interest was aroused by the author’s death in 1941 and especially by the publication of A skeleton key to Finnegans Wake (1944) by Joseph Campbell, which revived attention among intellectuals and writers. Our purpose is to analyze the story “A Day´s Work” in dialogue with Finnegans Wake, an idea suggested by Porter herself, who names “Finnegan” an auxiliary character who appears fleetingly in a single scene. Although in length, form and genre both works are at the opposite ends, we argue that Porter´s story takes up the central motifs of Finnegans Wake and translates them into simple language with the same techniques (internal monologue, flashback, simultaneity, humor, circular history, mirror games) to describe the epic of common man. We consider that through a change in the gradation of the same avant-garde procedures and themes, Porter not only makes it evident that Finnegans´ motifs can be reducible, but also confirms Foerster´s (1968) statement that North American literature always kept its experimental prose within the framework of realism. La colección de cuentos de Katherine Porter, La torre inclinada y otros cuentos, se publicó hacia finales de la segunda guerra mundial, en 1944, en un marco de resurgimiento del interés por la última obra de Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939), suscitado por el cercano deceso del autor en 1941 y especialmente por la publicación de A Skeleton key to Finnegans Wake (1944) de Joseph Campbell, que reaviva la atención entre intelectuales y escritores. Nuestro propósito es analizar el cuento “Un día de trabajo” en diálogo con la novela de Joyce, idea sugerida por la propia Porter quien nombra “Finnegan” a un personaje auxiliar que aparece fugazmente en una única escena. Proponemos que el cuento de Porter retoma los motivos centrales del Finnegans Wake y los traduce a un lenguaje llano con las mismas técnicas (monólogo interior, flashback, simultaneísmo, humor, relato circular, juegos especulares), para describir la epopeya del hombre común. Consideramos que a través de un cambio en la graduación de los mismos procedimientos y tópicos, Porter no solo pone en evidencia que los motivos del Finnegans… son para ella reductibles, sino que también confirma la afirmación de Foerster (1968) sobre el hecho de que la literatura norteamericana mantuvo su prosa experimental siempre dentro del marco del realismo. Departamento de Letras - Facultad de Humanidade 2024-12-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/letras/article/view/5642 Language and Literature Magazine; No. 42 (2024): Revista de Lengua y Literatura; 141-153 Revista de Lengua y Literatura; Núm. 42 (2024): Revista de Lengua y Literatura; 141-153 2408-4646 0327-1951 spa https://revele.uncoma.edu.ar/index.php/letras/article/view/5642/62551 Derechos de autor 2024 Revista de Lengua y Literatura https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ |
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Katherine Porter´s collection of shorts stories, The Learning Tower and Other Stories, was published towards the end of the Second World War in 1944, amid a revival of interest in Joyce´s last work, Finnegans Wake (1939). This interest was aroused by the author’s death in 1941 and especially by the publication of A skeleton key to Finnegans Wake (1944) by Joseph Campbell, which revived attention among intellectuals and writers. Our purpose is to analyze the story “A Day´s Work” in dialogue with Finnegans Wake, an idea suggested by Porter herself, who names “Finnegan” an auxiliary character who appears fleetingly in a single scene. Although in length, form and genre both works are at the opposite ends, we argue that Porter´s story takes up the central motifs of Finnegans Wake and translates them into simple language with the same techniques (internal monologue, flashback, simultaneity, humor, circular history, mirror games) to describe the epic of common man. We consider that through a change in the gradation of the same avant-garde procedures and themes, Porter not only makes it evident that Finnegans´ motifs can be reducible, but also confirms Foerster´s (1968) statement that North American literature always kept its experimental prose within the framework of realism. |
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