Hardships of contemporary fiction
In today’s world, in which we can see a radical transformation of things, nearly unprecedented crises emerge and affect all areas of activity, challenging culture, aesthetics, ethical values, notions of space and time, and the relations between public and private, as well as bringing serious politic...
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Universidade Federal Fluminense
2008-06-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/254 |
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| author | Silvia Regina Pinto |
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| description | In today’s world, in which we can see a radical transformation of things, nearly unprecedented crises emerge and affect all areas of activity, challenging culture, aesthetics, ethical values, notions of space and time, and the relations between public and private, as well as bringing serious political issues and complex problems to the very realm of thought. This essay aims at showing how contemporary fictional speech thematizes and discusses its own perplexity, attempting a reconciliation between language and reality in a relentless effort towards the confrontation of the human being with an “other” who is himself and, in this way, often making clear that fiction becomes necessary for the existence of the real. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6db625fb1a9d4cbaa478a8aeff186c262022-12-21T19:06:43ZporUniversidade Federal FluminenseGragoatá1413-90732358-41142008-06-011324224Hardships of contemporary fictionSilvia Regina Pinto0UERJIn today’s world, in which we can see a radical transformation of things, nearly unprecedented crises emerge and affect all areas of activity, challenging culture, aesthetics, ethical values, notions of space and time, and the relations between public and private, as well as bringing serious political issues and complex problems to the very realm of thought. This essay aims at showing how contemporary fictional speech thematizes and discusses its own perplexity, attempting a reconciliation between language and reality in a relentless effort towards the confrontation of the human being with an “other” who is himself and, in this way, often making clear that fiction becomes necessary for the existence of the real.http://www.gragoata.uff.br/index.php/gragoata/article/view/254Filosofia. Ficção. Crise. Identidade. Utopia |
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| topic | Filosofia. Ficção. Crise. Identidade. Utopia |
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