The aesthetic and political animal in “Letter to a lady in Paris”, by Julio Cortázar

This study investigates the presence of the animal in the short story Letter to a lady in Paris (1951), by Julio Cortázar. Through a biopolitical perspective, proposed by Giorgio Agamben, a parallel was established between the domination of the non-human in Western culture and the domination of the...

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Autores: Silva, Hiandro Bastos da, Figueira , Lauro Roberto do Carmo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)
Repositorio:Signótica (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/69208
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.ufg.br/sig/article/view/69208
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Animal. Men. Biopolitics. Julio Cortázar.
Animal. Hombre. Biopolítica. Julio Cortázar.
Animal. Homem. Biopolítica. Julio Cortázar.
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Resumo:This study investigates the presence of the animal in the short story Letter to a lady in Paris (1951), by Julio Cortázar. Through a biopolitical perspective, proposed by Giorgio Agamben, a parallel was established between the domination of the non-human in Western culture and the domination of the human in the contemporary register – a debate installed in the aforementioned narrative. Thus, virtual potencies are found in the Cortezian animal, based on Gabriel Giorgi, among other authors, who harass the oppressive structures of factual reality, reconfiguring the conceptions of humanity and animality in order to reach new economies of life.