History and Literature: multiple questions and possibilities

Abstract

These reflections are based on dialogues held in study groups and academic events on theoretical aspects central to the relationship between History and Literature, which underpin the corresponding historiographical currents, although divergent from each other on several points. Drawing on authors related to Critical Theory, the aim is to overcome dichotomies, in favor of more complex and interdisciplinary perceptions about the dynamics of meaning construction, such as plural temporalities and realisms, interactions between subjectivity/objectivity, text/context, form/content, mimesis, transfiguration, perspective, production/circulation/reception of works, intellectual networks, in addition to the changes generated by violence and pain in both the fields. It is not just about historicizing literature, but with and through literature, which involves Cultural History, Social History of Culture, Intellectual History, Theory of History, often in connection with Political or Economic History, whether at a local or transnational level.

Keywords:
Theory of History; Literary criticism; Interdisciplinarity; Mimesis; Perspective; Violence