Del soberano a la soberanía. Sade y la realización de la libertad absoluta.
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2018
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Escuela de Letras. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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Hay en Sade una
heterodoxa teoría de la literatura. Es
fama que su obra no desdeña la
reflexión sobre Dios, el alma, la
naturaleza, la política, la ley o el deseo,
pero todas ellas parecieran tener como
fin último una concreción formal al
interior de la ficción que cuestiona y
problematiza la pertinencia de tales
conceptos en su relación pragmática
con el exterior. Para ello nos interesa
revisar una serie de textos no
ficcionales escritos por el Marqués que
iluminan o dan una nueva perspectiva a
su obra, en tanto problematizan de raíz
la imagen de ficciones absolutas o
puras, restituyéndolas a su contexto
inmediato de producción. De hecho,
he allí nuestra hipótesis: existe en Sade
una denegación con respecto a la
Revolución Francesa, repulsa
consciente que se desplaza,
transformada a la obra. Mas no solo
eso: la literatura misma, tal como es
planteada teóricamente por el propio
autor, pareciera hacerse eco de la
soberanía conseguida en el plano
general, pero también de sus límites,
sus excesos, sus retracciones.
There is in Sade an heterodox theory of literature. It is well know that his work does not disdain the reflection on God, the soul, nature, politics, law or desire, but all of them seem to have as final aim a formal concretion within a fiction that questions and problematizes the relevance of such concepts in their pragmatic relationship with the outside. In this sense we are interested in reviewing a series of non-fictional texts written by the Marquis that illuminate or give a new perspective to his work, as they fundamentally discuss the image of absolute or pure fictions, restoring them to their immediate production context. In fact, this is our hypothesis: there is in Sade a denial with respect to the French Revolution, conscious rejection that moves, transformed to the work. But not only that: literature itself, as it is theoretically proposed by the author himself, seems to echo the sovereignty achieved in the general level, but also its limits, its excesses, its retractions.
There is in Sade an heterodox theory of literature. It is well know that his work does not disdain the reflection on God, the soul, nature, politics, law or desire, but all of them seem to have as final aim a formal concretion within a fiction that questions and problematizes the relevance of such concepts in their pragmatic relationship with the outside. In this sense we are interested in reviewing a series of non-fictional texts written by the Marquis that illuminate or give a new perspective to his work, as they fundamentally discuss the image of absolute or pure fictions, restoring them to their immediate production context. In fact, this is our hypothesis: there is in Sade a denial with respect to the French Revolution, conscious rejection that moves, transformed to the work. But not only that: literature itself, as it is theoretically proposed by the author himself, seems to echo the sovereignty achieved in the general level, but also its limits, its excesses, its retractions.
Keywords
Sade, Revolución Francesa, Soberanía, Historia de la novela, French Revolution, Sovereignity, History of the novel