Harry Thompson, THIS THING OF DARKNESS - Anclaje narrativo

Este artículo reseña la novela This Thing of Darkness  (2005) de Harry Thompson (1960-2005), traducida al español como Hacia los confines del mundo. Es una ficción histórica sobre el viaje del Beagle de Charles Darwin y sobre la vida del capitán Fitzroy. Se presta atención especial al anclaje narrativo de los acontecimientos en el seno de una "gran narrativa" de la modernidad y del imperialismo, del desarrollo científico y cultural, y más ampliamente de la evolución humana.

 

A review (in Spanish) of the novel This Thing of Darkness (2005) by Harry Thompson (1960-2005), a historical fiction on Darwin's Beagle voyage and the life of Captain Fitzroy. Special attention is paid to the novel's narrative anchoring of its events within a grand narrative of modernity and imperialism, of scientific and cultural development, and of human evolution at large. 

 

Aquí las diversas versiones en inglés y en español:

García Landa, José Ángel. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 28 Oct. 2006.

         http://garciala.blogia.com/2006/102803-harry-thompson-this-thing-of-darkness.php

         2006-11-01

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 28 Oct. 2006.

         http://garciala.blogia.com/2006/102803-harry-thompson-this-thing-of-darkness.php

         2006-11-01

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Narrative Anchoring (Spanish)." Social Science Research Network 18 April 2008.*

         http://ssrn.com/abstract=1121438

         2014

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Narrative Anchoring." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 1 July 2009.*

         http://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2009/07/harry-thompson-this-thing-of-darkness.html

         2009

_____. "Harry Thompson's This Thing of Darkness: Narrative Anchoring." iPaper at Academia.edu 23 Sept. 2010.*

https://www.academia.edu/336349/

2010

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." ResearchGate 11 June 2012.*

         http://www.researchgate.net/publication/33420345

         2012

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Narrative Anchoring / Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." Online PDF at Social Science Research Network 18 April 2008.*

         http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1121438

         http://ssrn.com/abstract=1121438

         2008

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." Zaguán 8 Sept. 2009.*

         http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/4099

         2009

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." Academia 3 Jan. 2016.*

         https://www.academia.edu/19988235/

         2016

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." Academia (Jose Sierra Landa).*

         https://www.academia.edu/86039062/

         2022

_____. "Harry Thompson, This Thing of Darkness: Anclaje narrativo." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 6 Sept. 2022.*

         https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2022/09/harry-thompson-this-thing-of-darkness.html

         2022

 

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A shorter and edited version in The Evolutionary Review:

 

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." Rev. of Harry Thompson's novel. The Evolutionary Review 1 (2010): 138-40.*

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." Social Science Research Network 5 Feb. 2014.*

         http://ssrn.com/abstract=2390119

         2014

         Cultural Anthropology eJournal 5 Feb. 2014.*

         http://www.ssrn.com/link/Cultural-Anthropology.html

         2014

         Biological Anthropology eJournal 5 Feb. 2014.*

         http://www.ssrn.com/link/Biological-Anthropology.html

2014

         English and Commonwealth Literature eJournal 5 Feb. 2014.*

         http://www.ssrn.com/link/English-Commonwealth-Lit.html

         2014

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 3 Feb. 2014.*

         http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2014/02/illuminations-from-this-thing-of.html

         2014

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." ResearchGate 9 Aug. 2014.*

         https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264553037

         2014

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." Academia 9 Aug. 2014.*

         https://www.academia.edu/7922432/

         2014

_____. "Illuminations from This Thing of Darkness." The Evolutionary Review 1 (138-40). (Part III). Online at Academia (Joseph Carroll) Sept. 2015.*

         https://www.academia.edu/16176288/The_Evolutionary_Review_Art_Science_Culture_third_3rd_of_vol._1_2010_

         2015