David Kelman
Biographic Data
| ID | 1339985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Kelman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Kelman |
| SIGNATURE | KELMAN D |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trauma and Literature in an Age of Globalization
The Discovery of Comparison
While comparative literature is often called a discipline in crisis, it is just as often charged with the responsibility to see into the future. But why has comparative literature been given the task of the fortune-teller? To answer this question, I compare the works of Philip K. Dick and Ricardo Piglia to address a method of accessing the future by means of the random reading of books, also known as “bibliomancy” (divination by books). My argume…
Comparative Literature in the Age of the Great Telematic Network
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN Jacques Derrida and Ricardo Piglia, a correspondence that questions who or what stands as the agent of correspondence. I owe the discovery of this secret correspondence to a typo froman article announcing Piglia’s retirement from PrincetonUniversity. The error appears in a sentence, reproduced above, that simply notes that Piglia’s first novel treats the problem of censorship in Argentina …
To the Side of the Day
This essay argues that comparative literature should not be theorized in terms of how comparison appears, but rather how it does not fully appear. By focusing on the (in)comparability of catastrophic events, Pynchon’s work suggests that comparison is “avisual,” since it takes place as the splitting apart of the day
Thinking Allegory Otherwise
The Theme of the Traitor
The Theme of the TraitorDisinheritance in Ricardo Piglia’s Artificial Respiration David Kelman So I’m referring to that kind of question: a discourse that should not be understood as external to the state. It is the state itself that speaks, and writers and novelists dialogue and argue with this kind of fictional politics. —Ricardo Piglia, Crítica y ficción The Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia once remarked that a strange aspect of the Dirty War…
Diversiloquium, Or, Vico’s Concept of Allegory in the New Science
The Theme of the Traitor
The Theme of the TraitorDisinheritance in Ricardo Piglia’s Artificial Respiration David Kelman So I’m referring to that kind of question: a discourse that should not be understood as external to the state. It is the state itself that speaks, and writers and novelists dialogue and argue with this kind of fictional politics. —Ricardo Piglia, Crítica y ficción The Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia once remarked that a strange aspect of the Dirty War…
Diversiloquium, Or, Vico’s Concept of Allegory in the New Science
The Theme of the Traitor
The Theme of the TraitorDisinheritance in Ricardo Piglia’s Artificial Respiration David Kelman So I’m referring to that kind of question: a discourse that should not be understood as external to the state. It is the state itself that speaks, and writers and novelists dialogue and argue with this kind of fictional politics. —Ricardo Piglia, Crítica y ficción The Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia once remarked that a strange aspect of the Dirty War…
Thinking Allegory Otherwise
To the Side of the Day
This essay argues that comparative literature should not be theorized in terms of how comparison appears, but rather how it does not fully appear. By focusing on the (in)comparability of catastrophic events, Pynchon’s work suggests that comparison is “avisual,” since it takes place as the splitting apart of the day
Comparative Literature in the Age of the Great Telematic Network
I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE SECRET CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN Jacques Derrida and Ricardo Piglia, a correspondence that questions who or what stands as the agent of correspondence. I owe the discovery of this secret correspondence to a typo froman article announcing Piglia’s retirement from PrincetonUniversity. The error appears in a sentence, reproduced above, that simply notes that Piglia’s first novel treats the problem of censorship in Argentina …
The Discovery of Comparison
While comparative literature is often called a discipline in crisis, it is just as often charged with the responsibility to see into the future. But why has comparative literature been given the task of the fortune-teller? To answer this question, I compare the works of Philip K. Dick and Ricardo Piglia to address a method of accessing the future by means of the random reading of books, also known as “bibliomancy” (divination by books). My argume…
Trauma and Literature in an Age of Globalization
History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Latin American Literature Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Allegory (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism (2 works)