From Cosmopolitanism To Planetary Metonymy And Back : Some Rhetorical Considerations In World Literature
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2017
Citazione:
From Cosmopolitanism To Planetary Metonymy And Back : Some Rhetorical Considerations In World Literature / S. Riva. - In: LETTERATURA E LETTERATURE. - ISSN 1971-906X. - 11(2017), pp. 95-117. [10.19272/201709801009]
Abstract:
In this article I try to show that the issue of cosmopolitanism has always been connected
to an universal project, most of the time conveyed in a metaphorical way. What we are
facing today is a state of contiguity in a certain space, where the contingency is increas-
ingly perceived. Tropologically speaking, we live now in a S/state that is partially met-
onymic (contingent) and partially metaphorical (that is to say, founded on the myth of a
common history). My proposal to apply the ecological concept of ‘Third landscape’ taken
by Gilles Clément in that this model has the merit of considering the community in metonymical
terms (contiguity and contingency) without forgetting the planetary utopian dimension
(metaphorical myth of world as unity) inherent, after all, to any cosmopolitanism and to
Literature.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
cosmopolitanism; ecocriticism; World Literature
Elenco autori:
S. Riva
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