If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno

In response to the question “What is literature?”, Sartre proposes the concept of unity as the exclusive characteristic that relates it to society by means of commitment. This exclusivity is analyzed, along with Adorno’s objections to the notion of commitment. In the midst of great differences, some...

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Main Author: Claudia María Maya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-08-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
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Online Access:http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/41016/pdf3
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description In response to the question “What is literature?”, Sartre proposes the concept of unity as the exclusive characteristic that relates it to society by means of commitment. This exclusivity is analyzed, along with Adorno’s objections to the notion of commitment. In the midst of great differences, some affinities are found that permit the establishment of the relationship between literature and society.
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spelling doaj.art-3728a9703e854e05b480956c657a12c22022-12-22T03:17:25ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIdeas y Valores0120-00620120-00622015-08-01641584159http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v64n158.41016If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and AdornoClaudia María MayaIn response to the question “What is literature?”, Sartre proposes the concept of unity as the exclusive characteristic that relates it to society by means of commitment. This exclusivity is analyzed, along with Adorno’s objections to the notion of commitment. In the midst of great differences, some affinities are found that permit the establishment of the relationship between literature and society.http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/41016/pdf3J.P. SartreTh. Adornoliteraturesociety
spellingShingle Claudia María Maya
If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
Ideas y Valores
J.P. Sartre
Th. Adorno
literature
society
title If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
title_full If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
title_fullStr If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
title_full_unstemmed If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
title_short If Green Refuses to Paint the Leaves, Will Red Still Color Blood? Literature and Commitment in Sartre and Adorno
title_sort if green refuses to paint the leaves will red still color blood literature and commitment in sartre and adorno
topic J.P. Sartre
Th. Adorno
literature
society
url http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/41016/pdf3
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