Open AccessAnálisis del discurso y ensayo literario: El sujeto enunciador en El laberinto de la soledad
Author(s) -
Karina Alanís Flores
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acta hispanica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-9719
pISSN - 1416-7263
DOI - 10.14232/actahisp.2016.21.89-101
Subject(s) - solitude , humanities , theme (computing) , construct (python library) , perspective (graphical) , subject (documents) , brazilian literature , philosophy , order (exchange) , sociology , art , literature , computer science , finance , library science , economics , visual arts , programming language , operating system
In this paper we use the discourse analysis as theoretical framework to discuss the renowned Octavio Paz’s essay, The labyrinth of solitude. Although there are many studies that have been made about this theme which are mainly based on the history of ideas and the philosophy of the culture, in this case we propose a different perspective which focuses on the linguistic features that are used to construct the subject of enunciation in the literary essay. We consider Émile Benveniste’s concepts of his theory of enunciative operations in order to reveal the different positions that the author takes in the text, as well as how he constructs his reader.