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".

"¿Qué habría pasado si hubiéramos ganado?" Aproximaciones a las memorias de militancias y derrotas después del exilio

El presente artículo se propone explorar y comprender las distintas memorias y representaciones que, quienes vivieron su exilio en México, construyen acerca de lo político y de sus experiencias pasadas de militancia y derrota. Se trata de indagar en tiempo presente cuáles y cómo son las representaciones que elabora un grupo particular de migrantes políticos: aquellos argentinos que, una vez iniciada la apertura democrática en 1983, no regresaron al país de origen y que, actualmente, continúan residiendo en el que fue su país de refugio. Este trabajo parte de diez entrevistas realizadas entre 2009 y 2010 en la ciudad de México, para indagar en los imaginarios y las representaciones subjetivas referidas a un entramado de experiencias políticas particulares en las que se enlazan distintos sentidos del pasado en el presente. Recorriendo esas memorias se profundiza en algunas de las tensiones más significativas que constituyen sus representaciones presentes y las distintas posiciones que asumen frente a la posibilidad de obtener una reparación económica por el exilio vivido

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".

"¿Qué habría pasado si hubiéramos ganado?" Aproximaciones a las memorias de militancias y derrotas después del exilio

El presente artículo se propone explorar y comprender las distintas memorias y representaciones que, quienes vivieron su exilio en México, construyen acerca de lo político y de sus experiencias pasadas de militancia y derrota. Se trata de indagar en tiempo presente cuáles y cómo son las representaciones que elabora un grupo particular de migrantes políticos: aquellos argentinos que, una vez iniciada la apertura democrática en 1983, no regresaron al país de origen y que, actualmente, continúan residiendo en el que fue su país de refugio. Este trabajo parte de diez entrevistas realizadas entre 2009 y 2010 en la ciudad de México, para indagar en los imaginarios y las representaciones subjetivas referidas a un entramado de experiencias políticas particulares en las que se enlazan distintos sentidos del pasado en el presente. Recorriendo esas memorias se profundiza en algunas de las tensiones más significativas que constituyen sus representaciones presentes y las distintas posiciones que asumen frente a la posibilidad de obtener una reparación económica por el exilio vivido

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".

"¿Qué habría pasado si hubiéramos ganado?" Aproximaciones a las memorias de militancias y derrotas después del exilio

El presente artículo se propone explorar y comprender las distintas memorias y representaciones que, quienes vivieron su exilio en México, construyen acerca de lo político y de sus experiencias pasadas de militancia y derrota. Se trata de indagar en tiempo presente cuáles y cómo son las representaciones que elabora un grupo particular de migrantes políticos: aquellos argentinos que, una vez iniciada la apertura democrática en 1983, no regresaron al país de origen y que, actualmente, continúan residiendo en el que fue su país de refugio. Este trabajo parte de diez entrevistas realizadas entre 2009 y 2010 en la ciudad de México, para indagar en los imaginarios y las representaciones subjetivas referidas a un entramado de experiencias políticas particulares en las que se enlazan distintos sentidos del pasado en el presente. Recorriendo esas memorias se profundiza en algunas de las tensiones más significativas que constituyen sus representaciones presentes y las distintas posiciones que asumen frente a la posibilidad de obtener una reparación económica por el exilio vivido