Una mirada retrospectiva sobre Quevedo y lo grotesco (autocrítica, autobombo y perplejidad)

Abstract

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This essay engages in a retrospective examination of the problem of Quevedo’s relationship to the grotesque. The author reflects primarily on the impact exercised by his Quevedo and the Grotesque (1978, 1982) in connection with the many changes that have occurred in the field of Hispanic studies and the teaching profession at the university level in general since its appearance. It explores the complex affective / intellectual relationship that develops between scholars and the authors and subjects they study and how that relationship is affected by the socio-economic dynamics of the academy. It examines how the ethos of scholarship has evolved in the last four decades, including the growing divide that separates Hispanic studies as practiced in the United States and Spain. The author develops hypotheses to explain why the part of his book that he considers its most original contribution went essentially unnoticed by critics. He also points to the parts of the book he considers to be its weakest and suggests ways in which they could have been improved. Finally, he reflects on the way scholars tend to be defined almost exclusively by their colleagues in terms of certain (often early) contributions, thereby leading to a misrepresentation of their full professional trajectory.

Keywords

Quevedo and the Gotesque, Teaching profession, reception, scholarship