Poetic, Erotic and Politics of the Proper Name: from Magic to Autobiography

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Lorena Amaro

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From a wide range of disciplines, the Western world has asked itself the question regarding the magic, poetic and political implications of the proper name. The following article raises issues that start with the analogies that both cabbala and magic weave around the proper name, to the modern and contemporary conceptualizations about the place of the proper name in literature. This latter is achieved particularly in reference to its connections with the subject and text, and also in reference to its projections on the name of the author and his signature, both apparently central in the construction of the autobiographical discourse.

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Lorena Amaro, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Instituto de Estética. Pontifi cia Universidad Católica de Chile. Santiago