Este artículo interpreta el antiguo poema épico mesopotámico de Gilgamesh, la narración literaria más antigua del mundo. La temática de la búsqueda de la inmortalidad en el poema se examina en su relación con los elementos del mismo relativos a la escritura, y a la permanencia de los edificios (hechos de los mismos materiales que los antiguos textos sumerios). 'Gilgamesh' es, en cierto modo, la épica de la escritura, transcendiendo a la muerte y celebrándose a sí misma. Enfatizamos por tanto una dimensión reflexiva del poema.

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English abstract: GILGAMESH AND WRITING

This paper is a reading of the ancient Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh, the most ancient narrative in the world. The poem's subject of the search for immortality is examined in its relationship to the elements related to writing, and to the permanence of buildings (made of the same materials as ancient Sumerian texts). Gilgamesh is, in a way, the epic of writing transcending death and celebrating itself. A reflexive dimension in the poem is thereby stressed. The paper is written in Spanish.

Gilgamesh y La Escritura by José Angel García Landa

Gilgamesh y la Escritura (Gilgamesh and Writing)

Reference Info: Narrativas 9 (April-June 2008): 14-20.

Date posted: June 17, 2013

https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2280022

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