Memórias de tempos sombrios

Abstract

In the 1960s, Hans Robert Jauss proposed the renewal of literary history, which was to be built from the reader's perspective. He thus energized the theoretical movement called aesthetics of reception. In the following decade, Jauss turned to the study of relations between hermeneutic interpretation and aesthetic experience. In the 1990s, his Nazi past was disclosed, and in 2014 new information about his actions during and after the war were revealed. Considering these findings, this article asks what position does Jauss occupy in the intellectual field? To what extent are his theses still valid? What is the position - ethical and scientific - of researchers who, like the author of this article, adopted concepts and methods suggested by Hans Robert Jauss?