Políticas del conflicto en "El duelo", de Joseph Conrad
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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ISSN: 1130-5029, 2340-8995
Ano de publicación: 2020
Número: 40
Páxinas: 109-132
Tipo: Artigo
Outras publicacións en: Revista de humanidades
Obxectivos de Desenvolvemento Sustentable
Resumo
The present article tackles a new reading of Joseph Conrad’s novella "The Duel" (1908). The new approach construes the text as a revision of the politics of hegemony based on conflict –which defines present-day populism. After a thorough an analysis of the main rhetorical principle of the novella, the synecdoche warduel, the author outlines the ideological premises the text scrutinizes, to wit, the construction of an antagonist, i.e. an enemy within the limits of a dialectical space, the assertion of a state of exception as the main ground for the conflict, and the dynamics of re-signification as a means to keep the conflict going. Conrad’s text, as seen through Deleuze’s perspective, ultimately criticizes these politics of identity and in so doing uncovers a new space of thought, outside dialectics, whereby its systemic structure can be deconstructed.
Información de financiamento
El presente artículo ha sido producido y financiado en el marco del Grupo de Investigación “Contextos Literarios de la Modernidad” (Ref.: 941542) de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, dirigido por el Prof. D. Dámaso López García.Financiadores
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