A poetics of Marcel Proust's vocation

The view is upheld that it is possible to constitute a conception of artistic vocation from fiction itself with characteristics that may be extended to other vocational fields. "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" by Marcel Proust is made use of to exemplify how this author reflects critically on his own work and on the artist's conditions. Thus he points out the importance of randomness, childhood, Materializing into a work an adequate conception of his own artistic work, involuntary memory, the life that has been lived, and his own comprehension of art, the force of conviction, Vocation is a call that overcomes the dichotomy between innate gift and social product as it is the result of a genesis of sensory impressions and involuntary memories that, although they are fugacious, they become fixed in the literary work. It is explained how "A la Recherche " both can and cannot be considered the history of a vocation, as literature had not played any role at all in the novelistic hero's life, but, however, it really was a history of a vocation since the work was a consequence of events that had been lived. Notwithstanding, even if vocation had never been deemed so important, he must win a battle against death. Genette sums up "A la Recherche " thus: "Marcel becomes a writer".

Entrelíneas para una introspección poética : Rubén Darío y Antonio Machado en 1903

Este trabajo intenta mostrar una actitud poética común coincidente entre Antonio Machado y Rubén Darío. Dicha actitud, que consiste en defender la introspección como fórmula adecuada para la expresión poética, es perceptible en un momento determinado de la trayectoria poética individual de cada uno. Sin embargo, es interesante ver cómo se muestra en el diálogo estético que ambos establecen a través de su creación como ofrenda al otro: aquellos poemas en los que el paratexto se dedica al otro pero el texto no se adecua (no utilizan el ritmo, el tono y el léxico) a quien va dirigida la dedicatoria. Obras que son parte de uno mismo, canto a sí mismo, y, sin embargo, se ofrecen al otro. Esta ofrenda puede apreciarse, desde nuestra perspectiva, en dos poemas concretos: "El canto de los niños", y "Caracol". Dedicados del uno al otro, son analizados en coincidencia estética entre Darío y Machado en torno a la fecha de 1903.

A poetics of Marcel Proust's vocation

The view is upheld that it is possible to constitute a conception of artistic vocation from fiction itself with characteristics that may be extended to other vocational fields. "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" by Marcel Proust is made use of to exemplify how this author reflects critically on his own work and on the artist's conditions. Thus he points out the importance of randomness, childhood, Materializing into a work an adequate conception of his own artistic work, involuntary memory, the life that has been lived, and his own comprehension of art, the force of conviction, Vocation is a call that overcomes the dichotomy between innate gift and social product as it is the result of a genesis of sensory impressions and involuntary memories that, although they are fugacious, they become fixed in the literary work. It is explained how "A la Recherche " both can and cannot be considered the history of a vocation, as literature had not played any role at all in the novelistic hero's life, but, however, it really was a history of a vocation since the work was a consequence of events that had been lived. Notwithstanding, even if vocation had never been deemed so important, he must win a battle against death. Genette sums up "A la Recherche " thus: "Marcel becomes a writer".

Entrelíneas para una introspección poética : Rubén Darío y Antonio Machado en 1903

Este trabajo intenta mostrar una actitud poética común coincidente entre Antonio Machado y Rubén Darío. Dicha actitud, que consiste en defender la introspección como fórmula adecuada para la expresión poética, es perceptible en un momento determinado de la trayectoria poética individual de cada uno. Sin embargo, es interesante ver cómo se muestra en el diálogo estético que ambos establecen a través de su creación como ofrenda al otro: aquellos poemas en los que el paratexto se dedica al otro pero el texto no se adecua (no utilizan el ritmo, el tono y el léxico) a quien va dirigida la dedicatoria. Obras que son parte de uno mismo, canto a sí mismo, y, sin embargo, se ofrecen al otro. Esta ofrenda puede apreciarse, desde nuestra perspectiva, en dos poemas concretos: "El canto de los niños", y "Caracol". Dedicados del uno al otro, son analizados en coincidencia estética entre Darío y Machado en torno a la fecha de 1903.

A poetics of Marcel Proust's vocation

The view is upheld that it is possible to constitute a conception of artistic vocation from fiction itself with characteristics that may be extended to other vocational fields. "A la Recherche du Temps Perdu" by Marcel Proust is made use of to exemplify how this author reflects critically on his own work and on the artist's conditions. Thus he points out the importance of randomness, childhood, Materializing into a work an adequate conception of his own artistic work, involuntary memory, the life that has been lived, and his own comprehension of art, the force of conviction, Vocation is a call that overcomes the dichotomy between innate gift and social product as it is the result of a genesis of sensory impressions and involuntary memories that, although they are fugacious, they become fixed in the literary work. It is explained how "A la Recherche " both can and cannot be considered the history of a vocation, as literature had not played any role at all in the novelistic hero's life, but, however, it really was a history of a vocation since the work was a consequence of events that had been lived. Notwithstanding, even if vocation had never been deemed so important, he must win a battle against death. Genette sums up "A la Recherche " thus: "Marcel becomes a writer".

Entrelíneas para una introspección poética : Rubén Darío y Antonio Machado en 1903

Este trabajo intenta mostrar una actitud poética común coincidente entre Antonio Machado y Rubén Darío. Dicha actitud, que consiste en defender la introspección como fórmula adecuada para la expresión poética, es perceptible en un momento determinado de la trayectoria poética individual de cada uno. Sin embargo, es interesante ver cómo se muestra en el diálogo estético que ambos establecen a través de su creación como ofrenda al otro: aquellos poemas en los que el paratexto se dedica al otro pero el texto no se adecua (no utilizan el ritmo, el tono y el léxico) a quien va dirigida la dedicatoria. Obras que son parte de uno mismo, canto a sí mismo, y, sin embargo, se ofrecen al otro. Esta ofrenda puede apreciarse, desde nuestra perspectiva, en dos poemas concretos: "El canto de los niños", y "Caracol". Dedicados del uno al otro, son analizados en coincidencia estética entre Darío y Machado en torno a la fecha de 1903.