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“Pourquoi ces choses et non pas d’autres?”: Attention and Lists in Comparative Literature
| Resumo: | Taking a short quotation from Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais as motto, this article reflects on important issues of comparative literature, namely, questions of inclusion and exclusion in the delimitation of the discipline’s boundaries. In the context of recent discussions on the shifting role and modes of attention in contemporary society (and following Bernard Stiegler), it argues that the issue can be seen in broad terms as a matter of attention and its techniques, and that comparative literature can be understood as both the practical and theoretical study of attention. Finally, it briefly considers the pivotal role of listmaking within the material productions of comparative literature (canons, syllabi, anthologies) as manifestations of this attentional identity. |
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| Autores principais: | Ferreira, Bernardo Diniz |
| Assunto: | canon anthology crisis catalogue boundary cânone antologia crise catálogo fronteira |
| Ano: | 2024 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | CEComp — Centro de Estudos Comparatistas Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Compendium: Journal of Comparative Studies | Revista de Estudos Comparatistas |
| Resumo: | Taking a short quotation from Le Mariage de Figaro by Beaumarchais as motto, this article reflects on important issues of comparative literature, namely, questions of inclusion and exclusion in the delimitation of the discipline’s boundaries. In the context of recent discussions on the shifting role and modes of attention in contemporary society (and following Bernard Stiegler), it argues that the issue can be seen in broad terms as a matter of attention and its techniques, and that comparative literature can be understood as both the practical and theoretical study of attention. Finally, it briefly considers the pivotal role of listmaking within the material productions of comparative literature (canons, syllabi, anthologies) as manifestations of this attentional identity. |
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