On Transgression – from the Principle to Semantics and Its Probing. Remarks on Avant-Gardes, Joseph Conrad, Carlos Fuentes and Gertrude Stein

Abstract

By a cross-reading of Joseph Conrad, defined as a precursor of the avant-gardes episteme of the first part of the 20^th century, Gertrude Stein, one of the avant-garde writers, and Carlos Fuentes, a commentator of these avant-gardes, this article specifies the notion of transgression and refers it, on the one hand, to cultural spaces and national borders, and on the other hand, to the approach to history which it implies. The conclusion of the article links the artistic and cultural transgression of avant-gardes to the notion of anachronism.