Vico and Becket: The Poetics of Work in Progress
Against classical poetics such as those of Aristotle and of XVII French Classicism, Giambattista Vico propos es a return to the origins of the human to explore the nature of poetry understood as poeisis, as creation. Poet means creator. The first inhabitants of the earth after the universal...
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| description | Against classical poetics such as those of Aristotle and of XVII French Classicism, Giambattista Vico
propos es a return to the origins of the human to explore the nature of poetry understood as poeisis, as
creation. Poet means creator. The first inhabitants of the earth after the universal flood were giants called
i bestioni by Vico, ferocious wild beings and wandering vagabonds that tried to account for their world
with the great poverty of their language. This Neapolitan thinker finds in these beings a fertile ground to
think about creation without recurring to the canon of prescriptive poetics. Of course, he was uncompre -
hended in his time, but he wouldn’t be two centuries later when Joyce and Beckett assume the project
of thinking about creations outside the canon and materializing their thought. In fact the first essay and
first poem written by Beckett deal with Vico. Throughout the article, we will show how Vico’s proposal
foreshadows the routes of creation in the XXth century, which doubtlessly inspired Beckett’s the aesthe-
tic project under the motif of artists of the time: creation as work in progress. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.revistas.uptc.edu.co:article-95272021-07-13T02:47:31Z Vico and Becket: The Poetics of Work in Progress Vico y Beckett: las poéticas del work in progress Rubio, Rafael Vico Beckett poetics work in progress creation Vico, Beckett, poéticas, work in progress, creación. Against classical poetics such as those of Aristotle and of XVII French Classicism, Giambattista Vico propos es a return to the origins of the human to explore the nature of poetry understood as poeisis, as creation. Poet means creator. The first inhabitants of the earth after the universal flood were giants called i bestioni by Vico, ferocious wild beings and wandering vagabonds that tried to account for their world with the great poverty of their language. This Neapolitan thinker finds in these beings a fertile ground to think about creation without recurring to the canon of prescriptive poetics. Of course, he was uncompre - hended in his time, but he wouldn’t be two centuries later when Joyce and Beckett assume the project of thinking about creations outside the canon and materializing their thought. In fact the first essay and first poem written by Beckett deal with Vico. Throughout the article, we will show how Vico’s proposal foreshadows the routes of creation in the XXth century, which doubtlessly inspired Beckett’s the aesthe- tic project under the motif of artists of the time: creation as work in progress. En contra de las poéticas clásicas como la de Aristóteles y las del clasicismo francés del siglo XVII, Giambattista Vico propone un regreso a los orígenes de lo humano para explorar la naturaleza misma de la poesía comprendida como poeisis, como creación. Poeta significa creador. Los primeros habitantes de la tierra, luego del diluvio universal, fueron gigantes llamados por Vico i bestioni, seres feroces y salvajes, vagabundos errantes que intentaban dar cuenta de su mundo con la suma pobreza de su lengua. El napolitano encuentra en estos seres, un terreno fértil para dar cuenta de la creación sin recurrir a los cánones de las poéticas prescriptivas. Por supuesto, fue un incomprendido en su propia época, pero no lo sería dos siglos más tarde, cuando artistas como Joyce y Beckett asumen su propuesta de pensar a la creación por fuera de los cánones y materializan su pensamiento. De hecho, el primer ensayo y el primer poema escritos por Beckett, tienen que ver con su lectura del napolitano. A lo largo del artículo, se mostrará, entonces, cómo la propuesta de Vico arrojó luces para abrir el espectro de la creación en el siglo XX, que inspiró las apuestas de Beckett en el terreno de las artes, bajo el lema que acompañó a los artistas de esta época: creación como work in progress. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia 2019-05-28 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/xml https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/9527 10.19053/01218530.n34.2019.9527 La Palabra; No. 34 (2019): Special issue: Creative research. January-June La Palabra; Núm. 34 (2019): Número especial: Investigación- creación. enero- junio La Palabra; n. 34 (2019): Janeiro-Junho 2346-3864 0121-8530 spa https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/9527/7929 https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/la_palabra/article/view/9527/8748 Derechos de autor 2019 LA PALABRA |
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| title_alt | Vico y Beckett: las poéticas del work in progress |
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| topic | Vico Beckett poetics work in progress creation Vico, Beckett, poéticas, work in progress, creación. |
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