Doce cuentos peregrinos

A lo largo de los Doce cuentos peregrinos, de Gabriel García Márquez, se mencionan platillos de la cocina latinoamericana e internacional, así como referencias a situaciones, personas y restaurantes relacionados con la gastronomía. Este artículo examina la peregrinación gastronómica o paratopía de los personajes de estos cuentos. El desplazamiento tanto de los cuerpos como de la comida en el espacio y el tiempo plantea una posición incómoda de la enunciación por parte del escritor, así como de los enunciados de los personajes. Por una parte, la función de la comida tiene como objetivo definir el carácter, el estatus social y la identidad cultural de los personajes y, por otra, establecer una poética relacional en el espacio social en que se desenvuelven dichos personajes.

"Buen viaje, señor presidente" no es un cuento típico de Gabriel García Márquez por la alta concentración del diálogo. Consideramos el papel de este crucial para la comprensión del relato. A consecuencia, la materia dialogística del estudio exige la aproximación interdisciplinaria. Por eso, en el presente artículo primero analizaremos los diálogos concentrándonos en especial en su enmaración y en la función de los pronombres en ella. Mostraremos cómo las expresiones de enmaración influyen en la lectura de los enunciados en estilo directo. A continuación, verificaremos los resultados del análisis de carácter lingüístico a la luz de algunos elementos de la narración. Estas dos aproximaciones nos permitirán observar a cuántos niveles se construye el efecto dramático de la narrativa, en qué consiste este efecto y cómo impacta al lector.

"Buen viaje, señor presidente" differs from other stories by Gabriel García Márquez, by the high amount of dialogue. The role of dialogue is crucial to understanding of the story and it requires the application of interdisciplinary techniques to its analysis. This article first analyzes the direct speech framing clauses and particularly the use of pronouns in them. It is shown how framing expressions influence readings of direct speech passages. Next, the results of the linguistic analysis are confronted with analyses of some elements of the narrative. The interdisciplinary approach explains the various levels on which the dramatic effect of the narrative is built, what is this effect and how it affects the reader.

This paper discusses an application of Relevance Theory methodology to an analysis of a literary text: a short story of Gabriel García Márquez “Buen viaje, señor Presidente” and its English translation. “Close reading” technique carried out on rather linguistic than literary basis allows for adding yet another layer of interpretation to this complex story. The analysis concentrates on the representation of direct speech and particularly on the impact of direct speech framing clauses on the reading of dialogic turns. Specifically, it is argued that the explicit mention of the addressee by indirect object pronouns (which are optional in direct speech framing turns) in Spanish makes the tension between the two protagonists even more palpable, therefore apparently courteous turns can be interpreted as defiant or otherwise antagonistic. In English similar role is played by the contrast between the absence of quotative inversion with subject pronouns and its presence when speakers are identified by full nominals. The parallel effect in both linguistic versions is traced to the distinction between linguistic items carrying mainly conceptual meaning (nominals) and carrying mainly procedural meaning (pronouns) and to the different ways these two kind of elements are processed in comprehension. The paper also provides some arguments for leaving aside literary considerations and treating a literary text as an act of ostensive communication.

Gabriel García Márquez’s prose has been the topic of numerous theoretical and critical studies. The majority of them, however, have been addressing such issues as the magic realism and the relation between myth and history. Much less attention has been paid to formal features of his works. The present article constitutes an attempt of applying a different approach. We analyze formal, i.e. syntactic features of direct speech framing expressions in Buen viaje, señor presidente as the starting point. Syntactic analysis leads to in-depth pragmatic reading of dialogic turns, which reveals their hidden senses. The dialogic turns and framing expressions taken together provide insight to the dynamics of interpersonal situation portrayed in the story. Further application of the same close-reading technique to the Polish translation of the story proves that syntactic and lexical departures from the source text observed in the translated text lead to a different reading of both dialogic turns and the interpersonal situation. Hence our analysis offers evidence in favor the importance of formal aspects of direct speech framing turns in narratives. We also show that applying linguistic-oriented close reading techniques to literary text may reveal some hitherto undisclosed layers of meaning, even in canonical texts of profoundly studied authors.

The impact of direct speech framing expressions on the narrative: a contrastive case study of Gabriel García Márquez’s Buen viaje, señor Presidente and its English translationThis paper discusses an application of Relevance Theory methodology to an analysis of a literary text: a short story of Gabriel García Márquez “Buen viaje, señor Presidente” and its English translation. “Close reading” technique carried out on rather linguistic than literary basis allows for adding yet another layer of interpretation to this complex story. The analysis concentrates on the representation of direct speech and particularly on the impact of direct speech framing clauses on the reading of dialogic turns. Specifically, it is argued that the explicit mention of the addressee by indirect object pronouns (which are optional in direct speech framing turns) in Spanish makes the tension between the two protagonists even more palpable, therefore apparently courteous turns can be interpreted as defiant or ot...

Buen viaje, señor presidente no es un cuento típico de Gabriel García Márquez por la alta concentración del diálogo. Consideramos el papel de este crucial para la comprensión del relato. A consecuencia, la materia dialogística del estudio exige la aproximación interdisciplinaria. Por eso, en el presente artículo primero analizaremos los diálogos concentrándonos en especial en su enmaración y en la función de los pronombres en ella. Mostraremos cómo las expresiones de enmaración influyen en la lectura de los enunciados en estilo directo. A continuación, verificaremos los resultados del análisis de carácter lingüístico a la luz de algunos elementos de la narración. Estas dos aproximaciones nos permitirán observar a cuántos niveles se construye el efecto dramático de la narrativa, en qué consiste este efecto y cómo impacta al lector. Buen viaje, señor presidente differs from other stories by Gabriel García Márquez, by the high amount of dialogue. The role of dialogue is crucial to unde...

espanolBuen viaje, senor presidente no es un cuento tipico de Gabriel Garcia Marquez por la alta concentracion del dialogo. Consideramos el papel de este crucial para la comprension del relato. En consecuencia, la materia dialogistica del estudio exige la aproximacion interdisciplinaria. Por eso, en el presente articulo primero analizaremos los dialogos concentrandonos en especial en su enmarcacion y en la funcion de los pronombres en ella. Mostraremos como las expresiones de enmarcacion influyen en la lectura de los enunciados en estilo directo. A continuacion, verificaremos los resultados del analisis de caracter linguistico a la luz de algunos elementos de la narracion. Estas dos aproximaciones nos permitiran observar en cuantos niveles se construye el efecto dramatico de la narrativa, en que consiste este efecto y como impacta al lector EnglishBuen viaje, senor presidente differs from other stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, by the high amount of dialogue. The role of dialogue i...

The impact of direct speech framing expressions on the narrative: a contrastive case study of Gabriel García Márquez’s Buen viaje, señor Presidente and its English translationThis paper discusses an application of Relevance Theory methodology to an analysis of a literary text: a short story of Gabriel García Márquez “Buen viaje, señor Presidente” and its English translation. “Close reading” technique carried out on rather linguistic than literary basis allows for adding yet another layer of interpretation to this complex story. The analysis concentrates on the representation of direct speech and particularly on the impact of direct speech framing clauses on the reading of dialogic turns. Specifically, it is argued that the explicit mention of the addressee by indirect object pronouns (which are optional in direct speech framing turns) in Spanish makes the tension between the two protagonists even more palpable, therefore apparently courteous turns can be interpreted as defiant or ot...

ABSTRACT This paper discusses an application of Relevance Theory methodology to an analysis of a literary text: a short story of Gabriel García Márquez “Buen viaje, señor Presidente” and its English translation. “Close reading” technique carried out on rather linguistic than literary basis allows for adding yet another layer of interpretation to this complex story. The analysis concentrates on the representation of direct speech and particularly on the impact of direct speech framing clauses on the reading of dialogic turns. Specifically, it is argued that the explicit mention of the addressee by indirect object pronouns (which are optional in direct speech framing turns) in Spanish makes the tension between the two protagonists even more palpable, therefore apparently courteous turns can be interpreted as defiant or otherwise antagonistic. In English similar role is played by the contrast between the absence of quotative inversion with subject pronouns and its presence when speakers are identified by full nominals. The parallel effect in both linguistic versions is traced to the distinction between linguistic items carrying mainly conceptual meaning (nominals) and carrying mainly procedural meaning (pronouns) and to the different ways these two kind of elements are processed in comprehension. The paper also provides some arguments for leaving aside literary considerations and treating a literary text as an act of ostensive communication.