Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA

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Autor principal: Schlünder, Susanne
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Idioma:eng
Publicado: Universidad Técnica Nacional 2025
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/arje/article/view/759
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title Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA
title_short Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA
title_full Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA
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title_full_unstemmed Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA
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title_alt Narrativas de la república de la piña. Sobre el autoconocimiento nacional y las paradojas de la sostenibilidad en Costa Rica según la obra PIÑA de Adrián Jiménez Brais
Narrativas da república do abacaxi. Sobre o autoconhecimento nacional e os paradoxos da sustentabilidade na Costa Rica na peça PIÑA, de Adrián Jiménez Brais
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spelling ARJE7592025-07-16T18:05:08Z Narratives from the Pineapple Republic. On national self-understanding and sustainability paradoxes in Costa Rica as detected in Adrián Jiménez Brais’ play PIÑA Narrativas de la república de la piña. Sobre el autoconocimiento nacional y las paradojas de la sostenibilidad en Costa Rica según la obra PIÑA de Adrián Jiménez Brais Narrativas da república do abacaxi. Sobre o autoconhecimento nacional e os paradoxos da sustentabilidade na Costa Rica na peça PIÑA, de Adrián Jiménez Brais Schlünder, Susanne Schlünder, Susanne Schlünder, Susanne agrarian extractivism drama green exceptionalism narrative analysis pineapple sustainable development work and peace análisis de narrativas desarrollo sostenible a la tica drama excepcionalismo verde extractivismo agrario piña trabajo y paz análisis de narrativa desarrollo sostenible a la tica drama excepcionalismo verde extractivismo agrario piña trabajo y paz abacaxi análise narrativa desenvolvimento sustentável dramaturgia excepcionalismo verde extrativismo agrário trabalho e paz The following article analyzes the play PIÑA (2023) by Costa Rican author Adrían Jiménez Brais. Based on an understanding of literature as a repository of social knowledge, where urgent narratives, discourses and issues are made visible and negotiated, this study focuses on the function of storytelling in the play. The play deconstructs Costa Rican narratives that pertain to the core of national self-understanding and identity formation, and that promote current agricultural extractivism, producing sustainability paradoxes. By working out these narratives and situating them in cultural history, the literary analysis aims to show, in line with Dillon and Craig, to what extent the play places "narrative evidence" alongside scientific evidence. Este artigo analisa a peça PIÑA (2023), do autor costa-riquenho Adrián Jiménez Brais. Com base na compreensão da literatura como um repositório de saber social, no qual narrativas, discursos e questões urgentes são visibilizados e negociados, o estudo concentra-se na função da narrativa na peça. PIÑA desconstrói narrativas costarriquenhas relacionadas ao cerne do autoconhecimento nacional e da formação identitária, que sustentam o atual extrativismo agrário e produzem paradoxos da sustentabilidade. Ao elaborar essas narrativas e situá-las na história cultural, a análise literária busca demonstrar, em consonância com Dillon e Craig, até que ponto a peça coloca a “evidência narrativa” ao lado da evidência científica. El siguiente artículo analiza la obra PIÑA (2023) del autor costarricense Adrían Jiménez Brais. Basándonos en la comprensión de la literatura como un archivo de saberes sociales, donde se visibilizan y negocian narrativas, discursos y temas urgentes, nos centramos en la función de esta “narración dramática”. Según nuestro enfoque la obra deconstruye narrativas costarricenses que forman parte del núcleo de la autoimagen e identidad nacional y demuestra que estas narrativas promueven el extractivismo agrario actual y producen paradojas de sostenibilidad. Al destacar estas narrativas y situarlas en su contexto histórico-cultural, el análisis literario busca aclarar, en línea con el enfoque de Dillon y Craig, hasta qué punto la obra logra producir una “evidencia narrativa" en sintonía con la evidencia científica. Universidad Técnica Nacional 2025-06-15 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/arje/article/view/759 10.47633/v8kwtd85 Revista Académica Arjé; Vol. 8 Núm. 1 (2025): Revista Académica Arjé, enero a junio; 1-23 Revista Acadêmica Arjé; v. 8 n. 1 (2025): Revista Acadêmica Arjé; 1-23 Academic Journal Arjé ; Vol. 8 No. 1 (2025): Arjé Academic Journal; 1-23 2215-5538 eng https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/arje/article/view/759/1245 https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/arje/article/view/759/1269 https://revistas.utn.ac.cr/index.php/arje/article/view/759/1286 Derechos de autor 2025 Susanne Schlünder https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0