Thinking between old and new modernities: specimen days reloaded

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  • Sonia Torres Universidade Federal Fluminense

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.19.1.153-168

Mots-clés :

Dias especiais, modernidades, o pós-11 de setembro, Specimen Days, modernities, the post-9/11.

Résumé

Resumo: O ensaio propõe uma reflexão sobre como a obra Dias especiais, de Michael Cunningham, contribui para a revisão crítica da modernidade, por meio de um conjunto de diálogos entretecidos entre antigas e novas modernidades. O fantasma de Whitman que permeia a narrativa e a (re)apresentação de um repertório de projetos (tanto históricos quanto estéticos) perdidos ou descartados sugerem a busca por formas de melhor compreender os rumos da democracia na modernidade tardia.

Palavras-chave: Dias especiais; modernidades; o pós-11 de setembro.

Abstract: In this essay I propose to reflect on ways by which Michael Cunningham’s Specimen Days contributes to a revision of modernity, through a set of entertwined dialogues between old and new modernities. Whitman’s ghost pervades the narrative and a repertoire of lost or discarded projects (both historic and aesthetic) are (re)presented – suggesting a search for ways of better understanding the course of Democracy in our late modernity.

Keywords: Specimen Days; modernities; the post-9/11.

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2009-01-31

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Torres, S. (2009). Thinking between old and new modernities: specimen days reloaded. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 19(1), 153–168. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.19.1.153-168

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Dossiê - Revisões/Releituras nas Literaturas de Língua Inglesa - Leituras Contemporâneas