Sobre la condena orteguiana de la literatura: precisión y discurso “in partibus infidelium”

Francisco Javier Clemente Martín

doi:10.15366/bp2018.18.015

Abstract

Abstract This paper aims to clarify the ambiguous role of the literary perspective in the work of Jose Ortega y Gasset, manifested in the tension between the explicit condemnation he makes of literature in some of his texts and the literary character of his own writing. In the end, the objective is to suggest a reading away from the interpretive lines that have traditionally defined the analyzes of this issue, emphasizing the importance that the literary elements play in the framework of the philosophy of Ortega even in spite of those condemnatory judgements.Keywords: Ortega, literature, philosophy, speech.

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This paper aims to clarify the ambiguous role of the literary perspective in the work of José Ortega y Gasset, manifested in the tension between the explicit condemnation he makes of literature in some of his texts and the literary character of his own writing
The objective is to suggest a reading away from the interpretive lines that have traditionally defined the analyzes of this issue, emphasizing the importance that the literary elements play in the framework of the philosophy of Ortega even in spite of those condemnatory judgements
8 En lo que atañe a los análisis de los elementos literarios de la filosofía orteguiana, es posible identificar dos vías hermenéuticas fundamentales: la primera de ellas, espoleada, quizás, por las reacciones enardecidas del propio Ortega ante las críticas a su escritura, se inclina a considerar que existe en su obra una contradicción manifiesta entre la búsqueda de la precisión filosófica y el uso de un lenguaje expresivo, metafórico y connotativo; la segunda, ceñida a las “pautas autocomprensivas” 9 que él mismo diseñó y a las que se han acogido sus exégetas de forma casi unánime, sostiene que esos elementos literarios responderían estrictamente a una intención pedagógica definida de antemano, a una mera cuestión didáctica motivada por la circunstancia nacional

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This paper aims to clarify the ambiguous role of the literary perspective in the work of José Ortega y Gasset, manifested in the tension between the explicit condemnation he makes of literature in some of his texts and the literary character of his own writing.

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