La démarche théorique comme réflexion lente sur la littérature
The theoretical approach as a slow reflection on literature

Author(s): Iulian-Emil COȚOFANĂ
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Junimea
Keywords: theory of literature; ways of literature; slowness of theory & literature; critique of capitalism; discipline (of reading), ideology;
Summary/Abstract: The following text aims to argue for the specificity of the theory of literature as a legitimate and practical type of thought and discourse. Allegedly, theory suffers from the critique of not being a proper practice. The clarifications of the previous title of this text implement a theoretical way of seeking out a perspective. Moreover, reading in general, and literature in particular bring out other facets if one undertakes a slower approach. In this case, we arrive to an important double fact, that of how one reads and how one learns to read. By trying to craft and to test a concept such as the one of discipline (of reading), we are led to find out that literature can have its own ways. But these are generally obliterated or made forgotten due to the framework of capitalism. Our allegation is that the ideology of capitalism affects the subject and its capacities to make literature work beyond the known limits of knowledge and of clichéd discourse. Reflecting slowly upon several points of interest and adopting the time of a theoretical and critical interrogation lead us to remember the acquisitions of theorists that can shed light on the particularity of theorical practice. Due to the relation of postmodernism with capitalism, we also implicitly follow the problem of authenticity whose emancipatory effects are highly kept in the background.

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