FFI2017-86417-P-FEDER: “Orientation: Una perspectiva dinámica sobre la ficción y la cultura contemporáneas (1990-en adelante)». (2018-2022)
«We propose to conceptualise ‘orientation’ in a double sense: on the one hand, we would like to develop the idea of ‘orientation’ in close relation to the “polytemporality” of the trace (following Victoria Browne), which privileges process, dynamism and fluidity in its multiple temporalities, a timely concern in today’s fiction and culture in English. On the other hand, we intend to engage with ‘orientation’ by casting new light on ethics, affect studies and the I-you relationship that emerges in the encounter with the ‘other’ in fields such as illness and ageing studies. In this sense, several critical perspectives will constitute the theoretical framework of this project as we will draw on Paul Ricoeur, Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Martin Heidegger, Judith Butler, Brian Massumi and Sara Ahmed, whose take on ‘orientation’ leads us to re-consider this notion in the light of the above-mentioned ideas»