Literature, testimony and power of creation

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74216

Keywords:

Literature, Testimony, Power of creation

Abstract

The great historical catastrophes can generate either silence or falsification or testimony. This third possibility is doubly valued. It offers a public witness that allows an undecidable or forbidden truth to erupt onto the social scene and, therefore, has a cathartic function. The author of the testimony frees himself from the weight of horror.

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Author Biography

Claúdia Perrone, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria

Doutorado em Linguística e Letras pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

References

DELEUZE, Gilles. Crítica e clínica. Trad. Peter Pál Pelbart. São Paulo: Editora 34, 1997.

Published

2004-01-01

How to Cite

Perrone, C. (2004). Literature, testimony and power of creation. Literatura E Autoritarismo, (2). https://doi.org/10.5902/1679849X74216