Hacia una deontologia critica peruana: La reflexion de Antonio Cornejo Polar y Raul Bueno Chavez sobre el trabajo de la critica literaria en el Peru

Translated title of the contribution: Towards a Peruvian Critical Deontology: The Reflection of Antonio Cornejo Polar and Raul Bueno Chavez on the Work of Literary Criticism in Peru

Carlos Torres-Astocondor

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Abstract

This paper aims to explore and argue that in Peruvian literary criticism there is a tradition of reflection on its function. To this end, the critical work of Antonio Cornejo Polar and Raul Bueno Chavez will be analyzed on the basis of "critical deontology", a category that tracks the duties and principles that literary critics maintain are necessary when performing their function. Therefore, this paper reviews Peruvian literary criticism, and in particular the works of Antonio Cornejo Polar and Raul Bueno Chavez, from a deontological valuation. There are three commonalities between the authors propo-sals: First, to consider the social situation as an essential element in the critical activity, since Peru presents a multicultural and multilingual reality; second, to dominate disciplines close to literature, such as sociology, history, anthropology, philosophy, linguistics, etc., in order to broaden the interpretative dimension of literary criticism. Finally, the authors recognize that critical activity is also a political and ideological action that takes shape through dimensions that go beyond their personal experience, since it includes training and professional relationships that delimit the spaces for future research.

Translated title of the contributionTowards a Peruvian Critical Deontology: The Reflection of Antonio Cornejo Polar and Raul Bueno Chavez on the Work of Literary Criticism in Peru
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)169-185
Number of pages17
JournalLetras (Peru)
Volume93
Issue number137
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2022
Externally publishedYes

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