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Graciela Susana Boruszko | Transliteratures
The intercultural space escapes the system of cartographies. It is undeniable that there are
many characteristics that help to define it while at the same time it cannot be located neither in
the temporality nor in the spatiality of the cultural or literary fields. In order to introduce the
transliteratures in this context, the intercultural space should be accessed because no other space
could host this event where “the own” and that “belonging to the other” suffer a transmutation
as in the Eucharist that without stopping from having physical characteristics incorporates
supernatural symbolism, establishing a “communion” among the participants. The partakers
coming from different dimensions and backgrounds leave aside their individual natures to favor
an approach auspicious to the encounter rather than aiming to accommodate the individualities
represented in the event.
That which is trans- indicates the process of that which circulates beyond the sphere of
origin, denoting a process of transposing borders as well as the fact of being beyond the borders.
This prefix not only connotes movement but also indicates relationship. The literature that
emigrates from the original axe mobilizes itself a space of reception signed by the multiplicity
of cultural and semantic crossings among others, creating dialogues and new semantic con-
nections between the participants of the encounter. This staging of meetings shows unique
characteristics in each encounter of the transliteratures creating a dynamic approach to the
transliterary experience favoring the constitution of a plurality of models. The projection of the
encounter takes a diagonal direction where a variety of interpretation converge in synchrony
creating paradigms of open dialogues and multiple transgressions thus eliminating the dualistic
approach that would create situations of conflict instead of relationships, Within the multi-
plicity of crossings, much more robust dialogues are established since multiple perspectives
participated in the process. This model would imitate the model that the latest technologies
have proposed through the networks of social media. This image of a “net” suggests the activity
of “surfing” or “fishing.” While fishing, the individual uses its ingenuity in order to intervene
in the natural process of the life of the fish that uses its senses of speed, power, and prowess
that nature provided, so that it would resist becoming prey. This image represents with much
judgment, the activity of the individual that searches and selects what is found in the network
of relationships and exchanges that takes place inside the sphere of what is trans-, of what cir-
culates in the structure of multi- that is dynamic or trans- where the ancestral human culture
and the “animal” or “natural” behavior meet in a dynamic way. The notion of network at the
same time suggests the intention of catching small prey like fish rather than big prey reflecting
thus the fragmented nature of the messages that circulate in the networks (trans-) where the
messages superpose creating varied semantic strata in essence and origin converging in the
literary event.
Transliteratures
The transliterary practice is marked by a much broader and inclusive genealogy than the trajec-
tory of the national literatures or any other category of literatures. Even if the transliterary con-
cept would seem to trickle down to a limiting definition, it could be argued that from its literary
conception, this literature presents scenarios that could be interpreted by different groups in
different ways as in a preparation for a synchronic crossing of dialogues and meanings realized
in a diverse polyphony. Once the transliterary space is established in a transcultural space (ideal
Mobile Culture Studies
The Journal, Volume 4/2018
- Title
- Mobile Culture Studies
- Subtitle
- The Journal
- Volume
- 4/2018
- Editor
- Karl Franzens University Graz
- Location
- Graz
- Date
- 2018
- Language
- German, English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Size
- 21.0 x 29.7 cm
- Pages
- 182
- Categories
- Zeitschriften Mobile Culture Studies The Journal