Scholarship 23/15589-1 - Estudos literários, Filosofia contemporânea - BV FAPESP
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Writing about Literary Theories today

Grant number: 23/15589-1
Support Opportunities:Scholarships abroad - Research
Start date until: February 01, 2024
End date until: July 31, 2024
Field of knowledge:Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Literature Theory
Principal Investigator:Cristina Henrique da Costa
Grantee:Cristina Henrique da Costa
Host Investigator: Johann Michel
Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem (IEL). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
Institution abroad: École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS), France  

Abstract

The scattered nature of research in the field of Literary Studies, the polarisation that frames normative discourses on literature in academic circles, the growing opinion of researchers about the uselessness of using specific theories in the field - these are the main challenges faced by the research project "Writing about Literary Theories today". Identifying the currently diffuse persistence of theoretical discourses in the field of Literary Studies is the first step towards studying the multiple and diverse field of theories, which can and should be the subject of renewed epistemological reflection. The research starts from the premise that literary theories, often unduly reduced to Russian formalism or the historical moment of structuralism, are distinct from philosophy, and therefore fulfil a fundamental specific task in the field of Literary Studies. This hermeneutic investigation aims to contribute to the configuration of an intelligible set of theories that are different from each other, with the ultimate goal of facilitating access to and use of theoretical discourses. To this end, it is committed to approaching the current theoretical-literary problem through an adaptation of Paul RicSur's critical hermeneutics method, whose main advantages lie in knowing how to think productively about the conflict of interpretations, and enabling a type of analysis in which philosophical discourse does not replace the concrete study of theories. These theories, because they remain the target and object of research, can then be investigated through the subtlety of their specific and conflicting conceptual creations.

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