Literatura e cultura

Abstract

Neste texto, são discutidas as dinâmicas entre a literatura e a cultura conforme vêm sendo tratadas no Centro de Estudos Sociais (CES) da Universidade de Coimbra, nos 40 anos que constituem a vida deste centro de pesquisa. O foco incide em artigos publicados na Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (RCCS), a publicação que dá voz à investigação científica do CES desde a sua fundação. A ênfase recai em textos da autoria de investigadores/as envolvidos/as na estruturação do Centro, momento em que foram definidas as linhas-mestras da sua pesquisa, as metodologias e o tipo de conhecimento a construir. O objectivo primeiro deste trabalho é dar conta do papel que a RCCS tem tido na constituição de uma ideia de comunidade científica, com um projecto comum de construção de formas de conhecimento-emancipação e o contributo dos debates em redor da literatura e da cultura na definição desse projecto.

This text presents a discussion on the dynamics between literature and culture, following the forms of approach to these categories in the research developed at the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra over its forty years of existence. The focus is directed at articles published in the Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (RCCS), the journal that has been giving voice to the scientific research conducted at CES since its inception. The emphasis is placed on those articles authored by CES researchers involved in the creation of the Center, for this was the moment when the research guidelines, methodologies and the idea of knowledge to be pursued were first established. The main goal of this article is to identify the role the RCCS has played in the development of the idea conceived by an academic community whose common project was the construction of emancipatory forms of knowledge and the contribution to debates on literature and culture stemming from the definition of that project.

Dans ce texte, nous abordons les dynamiques existantes entre la littérature et la culture, conformément à l’approche qui en est faite par le Centre d’Études Sociales (CES) de l’Université de Coimbra, au cours des quarante ans qui constituent la vie de ce centre de recherche. Nous nous penchons particulièrement sur des articles publiés dans la Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais (RCCS), la publication qui est la voix de la recherche scientifique du CES depuis sa fondation. Nous mettons en exergue des textes signés par des chercheurs/euses engagés/ées dans la structuration du Centre, moment où furent définies les lignes maîtresses de sa recherche, les méthodologies et le type de connaissance à bâtir. L’objectif premier de ce travail est de rendre compte du rôle que la RCCS a joué dans la constitution d’une idée de communauté scientifique, comme un projet commun de construction de formes de connaissance-émancipation et la contribution des débats à propos de la littérature et de la culture dans la définition de ce projet.