De la gran huelga literaria. Jacques Derrida y los desvíos del performativo
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2020
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Universitat de València
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Valls Boix, Juan Evaristo. 2020. “De la gran huelga literaria. Jacques Derrida y los desvíos del performativo”. Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Literaris XXV: 187-205.
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El propósito del siguiente estudio consiste en analizar la performatividad de la li-teratura en el pensamiento de Derrida y su potencial político para interrumpir procesos de constitución de órdenes simbólicos (identidades, razas, géneros). La capacidad de la literatura para “sabotear” la producción naturalizada de un orden a través de la operatividad del discurso radica en la particularidad de su fuerza performativa, que Derrida calificó en Force de loi como “fuerza de ruptura”, o como el derecho a la huelga en toda interpretación. En este sentido, la performatividad de la literatura no consiste tanto en constituir como en destituir; no se trata tanto de colmar, como de holgar; no intenta producir o poner un mundo, sino deponerlo. Esta reflexión sobre la fuerza desviada o destituyente de la literatura mostrará su carácter político, así como de su estrecha vinculación con la democracia: la apertura u hospitalidad que exigen ambas es una permanente posibilidad de sabotaje y desinterpelación.
The aim of this study is to analyze the performativity of literature in Derrida’s thought, as well as its political possibilities to interrupt the constitution of symbolic orders (identities, races, genders). The capability of literature to “sabotage” the naturalized production of an order through the operativity of the discourse resides in the particularity of its performative force, which Derrida names in Force de loi as “force de rupture”, or the right to strike in every interpretation. In this sense, the performativity of literature is not about constituting, but destituting; it is not about producing or positing the world, but deposing it. This study about the oblique force of literature will show its political character, as well as its tight link with democracy: the opening or the hospitality that both literature and democracy demand is a permanent possibility of sabotage and dis-interpellation.
The aim of this study is to analyze the performativity of literature in Derrida’s thought, as well as its political possibilities to interrupt the constitution of symbolic orders (identities, races, genders). The capability of literature to “sabotage” the naturalized production of an order through the operativity of the discourse resides in the particularity of its performative force, which Derrida names in Force de loi as “force de rupture”, or the right to strike in every interpretation. In this sense, the performativity of literature is not about constituting, but destituting; it is not about producing or positing the world, but deposing it. This study about the oblique force of literature will show its political character, as well as its tight link with democracy: the opening or the hospitality that both literature and democracy demand is a permanent possibility of sabotage and dis-interpellation.
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Artículo incluido en el número dedicado a: "Nuevos métodos de crítica literaria: la crítica como sabotaje de Manuel Asensi".