El diálogo entre enunciación y género: una perspectiva desde la hispanística

Abstract

AbstractIn this work we offer both a pragmatic-discursive and a genre-determined characterization of the dialogue, a polysemic term which converges the universal dimension of the concept and the historical aspect. In the field of Hispanic Studies, we establish, firstly, a link between the terms dialogue and conversation, the semantic similarity of which has often favored their synonymic use even in specialized writings. Secondly, we refer to the literary dialogue, specifically in regards to its essence as a genre which was cultivated in the European Renaissance. Related to this, we explain concepts like “orality” and “conversational fiction”, and we examine the features that characterize the dialogue as a genre. Subsequently, we present several brief historical considerations about the genre from Antiquity to Renaissance, the period in which a lot of dialogical texts began to emerge following Erasmus’ Colloquia and their translations. Finally, we discuss the connections between dialogue and argumentation.