quarta-feira, 14 de fevereiro de 2007

Caprichos

Ando às voltas com Caprichos. Os de Goya e os dos traços gravados pela caprichosa Paula Rego. Tudo por mor do "Second Order Observer"*.

*Explicado assim no sumário da disciplina: "Self-Reflexivity Historicized, or the Emergence of the Second-Order Observer—(Same as COMPLIT 259.) The origin of self-reflexivity as a habit and institution typical of intellectuals. Focus is on historical case studies from Western literatures and cultures since the Renaissance, based on a conceptual apparatus concerning the second-order observer, mainly derived from the work of Niklas Luhmann. Readings in original and translation include Descartes, Rousseau, Schlegel, Hegel, Gracián, and de Goya. 3-5 units, Win (Gumbrecht, H)" Até me passo...