Negarse a hablar: La ética del silencio animal y el sacrificio en Coetzee y Derrida
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Abstract
Elizabeth Costello, de J. M. Coetzee, interpreta el silencio animal como una forma de resistencia a la explotacion humana. Este ensayo interroga la interpretacion del silencio de los animales de Elizabeth Costello, mediante la exploracion del papel de tal silencio en la construccion del sujeto humano a traves de su finitud constitutiva. Considero tres interlocutores/protagonistas textuales —Elizabeth Costello en “La vida de animales”, Derrida en “El animal que por lo tanto soy” y David Lurie en “Desgracia” —, que estan interesados, e incluso comprometidos, en la relacion entre el particular potencial resistente del silencio animal y su propia mortalidad como seres humanos, autobiograficamente hablando. Yo sostengo que la interseccion entre el silencio no humano y la mortalidad humana debe ser entendida a traves del concepto de sacrificio que, como mi lectura de Derrida demuestra, desestabiliza cualquier interpretacion del silencio animal como autonomamente resistente. traves de esta relacion entre silencio y sacrificio, busco reubicar la etica de “Desgracia” y, especialmente, descentrar la voz de David Lurie como el corazon etico de la narrativa, presentando una revision significativa de las lecturas previas de la novela. Si bien mucha de la atencion critica ha propuesto que la aparente expansion de la imaginacion comprensiva de Lurie en sus interacciones con perros senala su desarrollo como un ser etico, mi argumento situa la etica de la novela no en la voz de David Lurie, sino en los muchos silencios significativos, tanto humanos como animales, contenidos en el texto. Palabras clave: Coetzee; Derrida; animales; sacrificio; silencio; etica ------------------------------ Elizabeth Costello, de J.M. Coetzee, interpreta o silencia animal como uma forma de resistencia a exploracao humana. Esse ensaio interroga a interpretacao do silencio dos animais de Elizabeth Costello, mediante a exploracao do papel de tal silencio na construcao do sujeito humano atraves de sua finitude constitutiva. Considero tres interlocucoes/protagonistas textuais - Elizabeth Costello em A vida dos Derrida em O animal que logo sou e David Lurie em Desgraca -, que estao interessados, inclusive comprometidos, na relacao entre o particular potencial resistente do silencio animal e sua propria mortalidade como seres humanos, autobiograficamente falando. Sustento que a interseccao entre o silencio nao humano e a mortalidade humana deve ser entendida atraves do conceito de sacrificio que, como minha leitura de Derrida demonstra, desestabiliza qualquer interpretacao do silencio animal como autonomamente resistente. Atraves dessa relacao entre silencio e sacrificio, busco re-situar a etica de Desgraca e, especialmente, descentrar a voz de David Lurie como o coracao etico da narrativa, apresentando uma revisao significativa das leituras previas do romance. Se bem que muita da atencao critica tem afirmado que a aparente expansao da imaginacao compreensiva de Lurie em suas interacoes com caes assinala seu desenvolvimento como um ser etico, meu argumento situa a etica do romance nao na voz de David Lurie, mas nos muitos silencios significativos, tanto humanos como animais, presentes no texto. Palavras chave: Coetzee, Derrida; Animais; Sacrificio; Silencio, Etica. ------------------------------ J.M. Coetzee's Elizabeth Costello interprets animal silence as a form of resistance to human exploitation. This essay interrogates Elizabeth Costello's interpretation of animal silence by exploring the role of such silence in the construction of the human subject via its constitutive finitude. I consider three textual speaker/protagonists—Elizabeth Costello in The Lives of Animals, Derrida in The Animal that Therefore I Am, and David Lurie in Disgrace—who are interested, and even invested, in the relationship between the particular resistant potential of animal silence and their own mortality as autobiographically-speaking human beings. I argue that the intersection between nonhuman silence and human mortality should be understood through the concept of sacrifice, which, as my reading of Derrida demonstrates, destabilizes any interpretation of animal silence as autonomously resistant. Through this relationship between silence and sacrifice, I seek to resituate the ethics of Disgrace, and especially to decentre the speaking voice of David Lurie as the ethical heart of the narrative, presenting a significant revision to previous readings of the novel. While much critical attention has proposed that the seeming expansion of Lurie's sympathetic imagination in his interactions with dogs signals his development as an ethical being, my argument locates the ethic of the novel not in the speaking voice of David Lurie, but rather in the many significant silences, both human and animal, contained within the text. Keywords: Coetzee; Derrida; animals; sacrifice; silence; ethics
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| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.013 | 0.004 |
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