El estilo de la crítica literaria en La máscara, la transparencia.

The Style of Literary Criticism in La máscara, la transparencia.

In this article I study the style of literary criticism in La máscara, la transparencia (1975), the collection of essays by Guillermo Sucre (Venezuela, 1933). To undertake my analysis I have in mind Sucre's conception of literary criticism and I focus on two main aspects: 1) The dialectics between movement and stillness (fijeza), and his attempt to turn the critical text into a verbal absolute, and 2) the conscience that he is dealing with words (and not with things), which leads to an attitude of passion and criticism towards his own writing. In my analysis I point out how the critical postulates of Sucre pervade his own literary expression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En este artículo estudiamos el estilo de la crítica literaria en La máscara, la transparencia (1975), la gran obra ensayística de Guillermo Sucre (Venezuela, 1933). Para llevar a cabo este análisis partimos de su propia concepción de la crítica y nos centramos en dos aspectos fundamentales: 1) la dialéctica entre el movimiento y la fijeza, y el intento de convertir el texto crítico en un absoluto verbal, y 2) la conciencia de que está tratando con palabras (y no con cosas), lo que da lugar a una actitud de pasión y de crítica con respecto a la propia escritura. Ponemos así de manifesto cómo los postulados críticos de los que parte el autor permean su propia escritura ensayística. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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