Fate, Miracle and Law in Amos Oz’s Soumchi
In this reading of Amos Oz’s short story La bicicleta de Sumji (Sumji’s bicycle) we wish to explore the relationship between two parallel and opposing issues: on the one hand, a clock-work world deterministically organized versus the feasibility of miracle and chance reshaping reality. On the other...
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Fate, Miracle and Law in Amos Oz’s SoumchiMundo, milagro y ley en La bicicleta de Sumji de Amós OzMenassé, Adriana mundomilagroleyconfianzaalegríajusticia Amós Ozworldtrustlawmiraclejoyjustice Amos OzIn this reading of Amos Oz’s short story La bicicleta de Sumji (Sumji’s bicycle) we wish to explore the relationship between two parallel and opposing issues: on the one hand, a clock-work world deterministically organized versus the feasibility of miracle and chance reshaping reality. On the other hand, between the miraculous, as something beyond our control, versus the Law of the Father, or ethics, conceived as the human responsibility to bring about love and justice. These contradicting drives are not mutually exclusive, but rather may somehow be complementary. Neither of them cancels the other. We suggest that even if chance and the miraculous emerge as a timely interruption of the world’s sternness, it is ethics that allows us to ground our basic trust in the world and our more lasting and joyful acceptance of its mysteries. A partir de una lectura de La bicicleta de Sumji de Amós Oz, el presente ensayo reflexiona sobre la relación entre dos oposiciones paralelas: por un lado, el mundo entendido como engranaje sujeto a la necesidad, frente a su opuesto, el azar o “milagro”. Por el otro, el milagro mismo, en cuanto se refiere a un azar venturoso, contrapuesto a la ley del padre, orden de la ética que se convierte en espacio de responsabilidad en la creación de un mundo justo. Estas oposiciones no son excluyentes sino a veces, incluso, complementarias; funcionan, más bien, como polos de una ecuación donde ninguno de los términos anula a su contario. Sugerimos que si el milagro se muestra como interrupción propicia frente al rigor del mundo, es la ética la que permite fincar una confianza básica y una afirmación del mundo más alegre y duradera.Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas2023-03-07info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdftext/xmlhttps://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/interpretatio/index.php/in/article/view/31210.19130/irh.2023.1.021X54S0075Interpretatio. Revista de hermenéutica; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2023); 93-105Interpretatio. Revista de Hermenéutica; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023); 93-1052448-864X2683-1406reponame:Interpretatio. Revista de Hermenéuticainstname:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICOinstacron:UNAMspahttps://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/interpretatio/index.php/in/article/view/312/553https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/interpretatio/index.php/in/article/view/312/561http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3122024-08-16T20:25:01Z |
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In this reading of Amos Oz’s short story La bicicleta de Sumji (Sumji’s bicycle) we wish to explore the relationship between two parallel and opposing issues: on the one hand, a clock-work world deterministically organized versus the feasibility of miracle and chance reshaping reality. On the other hand, between the miraculous, as something beyond our control, versus the Law of the Father, or ethics, conceived as the human responsibility to bring about love and justice. These contradicting drives are not mutually exclusive, but rather may somehow be complementary. Neither of them cancels the other. We suggest that even if chance and the miraculous emerge as a timely interruption of the world’s sternness, it is ethics that allows us to ground our basic trust in the world and our more lasting and joyful acceptance of its mysteries. |
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