TY - JOUR

T1 - Kierkegaard and the Self-Conscious Literary Tradition

T2 - An Interpretation of the Ludic Aspects of Kierkegaard's Pseudonymous Authorship from a Literary-Historical Perspective

AU - Jensen, Julio Hans C.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous authorship is characterized by a profusionof literary techniques that belong to the tradition of the ludic or selfconsciousnovel (the fiction that makes its fictionality manifest). In the presentcontribution the self-conscious literary plays carried out by Kierkegaard will beinterpreted from the perspective of the philosophy of the subject, since both the self-conscious novel and Kierkegaard’s production can be related to this philosophical tradition. The article is organized as follows: first appears a very brief sketch of the way in which self-conscious literature and the philosophy of the subject are related. After this, follows a commentary on the notion of individuality in On the Concept of Irony. Kierkegaard’s dissertation is read as a work in the tradition of the philosophy of the subject that, at the same time, surpasses the idea of subjectivity as metaphysical principle. Finally, a close reading of Either/Or intends to show how Kierkegaard develops his ideas about subjectivity in a literary frame—that of the self-conscious novel.

AB - Kierkegaard’s pseudonymous authorship is characterized by a profusionof literary techniques that belong to the tradition of the ludic or selfconsciousnovel (the fiction that makes its fictionality manifest). In the presentcontribution the self-conscious literary plays carried out by Kierkegaard will beinterpreted from the perspective of the philosophy of the subject, since both the self-conscious novel and Kierkegaard’s production can be related to this philosophical tradition. The article is organized as follows: first appears a very brief sketch of the way in which self-conscious literature and the philosophy of the subject are related. After this, follows a commentary on the notion of individuality in On the Concept of Irony. Kierkegaard’s dissertation is read as a work in the tradition of the philosophy of the subject that, at the same time, surpasses the idea of subjectivity as metaphysical principle. Finally, a close reading of Either/Or intends to show how Kierkegaard develops his ideas about subjectivity in a literary frame—that of the self-conscious novel.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 20

SP - 169

EP - 190

JO - Kierkegaard Studies

JF - Kierkegaard Studies

SN - 1430-5372

IS - 1

ER -