MEMORY AS A HERMENEUTIC PROCESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH BETWEEN DOGMATIC THEOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM
MEMORY AS A HERMENEUTIC PROCESS: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH BETWEEN DOGMATIC THEOLOGY AND LITERARY CRITICISM

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyses memory as an essential mechanism in the interpretation of reality, from both a theological and literary perspective. Eucharistic anamnesis is explored, highlighting that in Christianity memory this is not just an act of recollection, but a process through which the past becomes present and active in the life of the Church. This approach is correlated with the theories of memory developed by Jan Assmann and Henri Bergson, who emphasize the role of cultural and affective memory in shaping individual and collective identity. By analysing the concepts of anamnesis, cultural memory and affective memory, the paper demonstrates that memory is not a simple passive mechanism for preserving the past, but an active hermeneutic act, which interprets, updates and transforms the past according to the experiences and structures of each context. Thus, in the theological space, anamnesis manifests itself as an act of communion and ontological update, and in the literary one, memory functions as a process of narrative reconstruction.

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