The critic as transvestite: the parody nature of literary criticism
This paper explores a path in the analysis of literary criticism as an object of study. In order to convey this, this essay attempts to define literary criticism as a genre that parodies the literary text it aspires to examine. Mikhail Bakhtin’s analysis of the novelistic discourse is useful to esta...
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Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
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| description | This paper explores a path in the analysis of literary criticism as an object of study. In order to convey this, this essay attempts to define literary criticism as a genre that parodies the literary text it aspires to examine. Mikhail Bakhtin’s analysis of the novelistic discourse is useful to establish a connection between parody and criticism. Although Bakhtin discusses the novel, I ascertain that his arguments may be applied to the description of criticism as a parodic-travestying genre. Secondly, this paper discusses Linda Hutcheon’s work, which states that parody is a repetition of the original text. According to Hutcheon, this repetition implies a critical distance with the parodied text, which marks difference rather than similarity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32856c1027974a3ab4d5aa32a993fe692022-12-22T03:33:15ZspaUniversidad Nacional de Mar del PlataEstudios de Teoría Literaria2313-96762016-09-015101451531526The critic as transvestite: the parody nature of literary criticismDavid Pruneda Sentíes0Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoThis paper explores a path in the analysis of literary criticism as an object of study. In order to convey this, this essay attempts to define literary criticism as a genre that parodies the literary text it aspires to examine. Mikhail Bakhtin’s analysis of the novelistic discourse is useful to establish a connection between parody and criticism. Although Bakhtin discusses the novel, I ascertain that his arguments may be applied to the description of criticism as a parodic-travestying genre. Secondly, this paper discusses Linda Hutcheon’s work, which states that parody is a repetition of the original text. According to Hutcheon, this repetition implies a critical distance with the parodied text, which marks difference rather than similarity.http://fh.mdp.edu.ar/revistas/index.php/etl/article/view/1644crítica literariaparodiatravestismoimagen críticaironía |
| spellingShingle | David Pruneda Sentíes The critic as transvestite: the parody nature of literary criticism Estudios de Teoría Literaria crítica literaria parodia travestismo imagen crítica ironía |
| title | The critic as transvestite: the parody nature of literary criticism |
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