“He Did Not Know Which of the Two Shadows Was His": A Posthumanist Reading of Amparo Dávila’s First Short Story Collection
| dc.creator | Pérez, Oscar A. | |
| dc.date | 2021-10-08 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-07T15:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-07T15:25:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-10-08 | |
| dc.description | In this article, I propose a reading from a posthumanist perspective of a selection of short stories from Amparo Dávila’s first collection, Tiempo destrozado (1959), some of which have been translated into English and are included in The Houseguest and Other Stories (2018). Through the multiple nonhuman entities that inhabit these texts, the author creates fictional universes that exhibit the limitations of an anthropocentric humanist perspective. I describe how various techniques work in this respect. For instance, the link between sight and rationality is questioned, and other sensorial experiences are emphasized; we can find numerous and diverse symbiotic relationships between humans and nonhumans, and the construction of non-humanity as the antithesis of the human is challenged. In addition to enriching the critical readings of the author’s work, this approach highlights its profound contemporary relevance. | en-US |
| dc.description | En este artículo propongo una lectura desde el posthumanismo de una selección de los cuentos incluidos en la primera colección de Amparo Dávila, Tiempo destrozado (1959). Algunos de estos cuentos han sido traducidos al inglés y aparecen en The Houseguest and Other Stories (2018). A través de los múltiples entes no humanos que habitan estos textos, la autora crea mundos de ficción que exhiben las limitaciones de una perspectiva humanista antropocéntrica. Describo cómo funcionan varias técnicas a este respecto. Por ejemplo, se cuestiona el vínculo entre la vista y la racionalidad, y se enfatizan otras experiencias sensoriales; podemos encontrar numerosas y diversas relaciones simbióticas entre humanos y no humanos, y se cuestiona la construcción de la no humanidad como la antítesis de lo humano. Además de enriquecer las lecturas críticas de la obra de la autora, esta propuesta destaca su profunda relevancia en la actualidad. | es-ES |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/xml | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.format | application/epub+zip | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.humanistica.mx/index.php/humanistica/article/view/21 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.46530/hrecl.vi.21 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11285/652477 | |
| dc.language | spa | |
| dc.publisher | Escuela de Humanidades y Educación. Tecnológico de Monterrey | es-ES |
| dc.relation | https://www.humanistica.mx/index.php/humanistica/article/view/21/85 | |
| dc.relation | https://www.humanistica.mx/index.php/humanistica/article/view/21/104 | |
| dc.relation | https://www.humanistica.mx/index.php/humanistica/article/view/21/105 | |
| dc.relation | https://www.humanistica.mx/index.php/humanistica/article/view/21/107 | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 | |
| dc.source | Humanística. Revista de Estudios Críticos y Literarios ; Número 3 julio-diciembre 2021; 68-83 | es-ES |
| dc.source | 2992-7005 | |
| dc.subject | Amparo Dávila, The Houseguest and Other Stories, posthumanism, nonhuman agency | en-US |
| dc.title | “He Did Not Know Which of the Two Shadows Was His": A Posthumanist Reading of Amparo Dávila’s First Short Story Collection | en-US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |