Talking about the Weather. Roland Barthes on Climate, Everydayness, the Feeling of Being, and Poetics

Abstract

espanolEl articulo ofrece una lectura de las reflexiones de Roland Barthes sobre el tiempo y el clima en su ultimo ciclo de obras “La Preparation du Roman” contextualizando estas breves observaciones con pensamientos previos acerca del tema. Barthes desarrolla un concepto fenomenologico del clima demostrando como la experiencia de habitar un lugar en el transcurso de las estaciones del ano forma ciertos habitos que se manifiestan en distintas expectativas, percepciones, rutinas diarias y un cierto lenguaje. El texto se centra, especificamente, en el modo de recuperar una experiencia existencial del clima en su contingencia. Ademas, Barthes investiga como la poesia trata de capturar la especificidad y singularidad de ciertos fenomenos climaticos sin retornar a los modelos narrativos del clima anclados en el sistema linguistico. EnglishThe paper reads Rolands Barthes’ considerations on weather and climate in his last lecture cycle “La Preparation du Roman” by contextualizing its brief remarks with his previous discussions on this topic. Barthes develops a phenomenological concept of climate, showing how experiences of place across the seasons shape certain habits. These manifest in expectations, perceptions, daily routines, and language. However, his particular interest is devoted to the question of how an existential experience of weather in its contingency can be regained. Furthermore, he investigates how poetry tries to capture the uniqueness and singularity of respective weather appearances against the patterns and narratives of the climate sedimented in the language system.