Considerations about the real and the authentic in “the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction”

Authors

  • Carolina Faria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34630/erei.vi10.4741

Keywords:

Cultural Studies, Walter Benjamin, Aura

Abstract

This article aims to develop the concepts of reality and authenticity having as
main reference “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” by Walter
Benjamin (1936). Contemporary readings of Benjamin's work make possible its
contextualization in an even more actual way. Thus, the main concern of this essay is to
confirm the survival of the aura stated by Benjamin as a fundamental condition of authenticity
of the object in times marked by a (hyper-)reality whose speed does not seem to support at all.

Author Biography

Carolina Faria

Carolina de Faria V. N. Brandão é licenciada em Comunicação Social pela Universidade de Fortaleza (Unifor) e Mestre em Literaturas e Culturas Modernas pela Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Desenvolve pesquisa académica nomeadamente em temáticas relacionadas à literatura e aos estudos culturais.

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Published

2022-07-01

How to Cite

Faria, C. (2022). Considerations about the real and the authentic in “the work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction”. E-Journal of Intercultural Studies, (10). https://doi.org/10.34630/erei.vi10.4741

Issue

No. 10 (2022)

Section

Articles

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