horizonte de expectativas

English translation: horizon/level/threshold of expectations

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Spanish term or phrase:horizonte de expectativas
English translation:horizon/level/threshold of expectations
Entered by: Linda Grabner

01:44 Nov 4, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Philosophy / intersection of philosophy and literary analysis
Spanish term or phrase: horizonte de expectativas
This phrase is just giving me fits! None of the typical meanings seems to fit, and my brain is apparently no longer capable of creative thought.

The full sentence reads, "El fenómeno poético en la modernidad participa, así, de un horizonte de expectativas que, al suprimir la causalidad lógica de la historia, alienta la transgresión de lo evidente ..." It comes from an academic article (and hence written in a "region-neutral" Spanish) dealing with the philosophy (or at least philosophical aspects) of Hispanic poetry and modernism, and I'm translating into American English for a similar academic audience.

Here's what I've got so far:
"The poetic phenomenon in modern times participates, then, in a ___ of expectations that, in suppressing history’s logical causality, contrarily aids the transgression of the obvious ..."

I've tried "horizon of expectations", "limit of expectations," "extent of expectations", but in this context none of them sounds right.

Any ideas much appreciated!
Thanks.
Linda Grabner
United States
Local time: 09:01
horizon/level/threshold of expectations
Explanation:
'Horizon of expectations' is an accepted term in philosophy (see below) and I think you really need to preserve it. The notion was central to my Ph.D. thesis. It's the starting point of accumulated knowledge and experience from which you communicate.

If you don't want to use it, then I'd suggest using one of the alternatives I've posted. At the very least, it's referring to the level, not the breadth, of expectations.

Horizons of Expectation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizons_of_Expectation
The phrase "Horizons of Expectation" is a term fundamental to German academic Hans Robert Jauss's Reception theory. ... According to Jauss, the reader approaches a text armed with the knowledge and experience gained from interactions with other texts.



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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-04 02:50:45 GMT)
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I said 'communicate' -- It might have been better to say 'with which you approach a communication exchange'. The writer or speaker typically assumes your horizon of expectations and tries to match it. Similarly, the philosopher Paul Grice wrote about the "cooperative principle":

www.albany.edu/~zg929648/PDFs/Dynel.pdf
by M Dynel - ‎Cited by 5
In his seminal lecture published as an article, Grice (1989a [1975]) propounds the Cooperative Principle (CP) ... which gives rise to (conversational) implicature ...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:01
Grading comment
Thanks again, Muriel. I would have given you 5 points, but 4 was all the system would allow me.
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5 +4horizon/level/threshold of expectations
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3wide amount/variety of expectations
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wide amount/variety of expectations


Explanation:
Another idea.

Elda Munguia
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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horizon/level/threshold of expectations


Explanation:
'Horizon of expectations' is an accepted term in philosophy (see below) and I think you really need to preserve it. The notion was central to my Ph.D. thesis. It's the starting point of accumulated knowledge and experience from which you communicate.

If you don't want to use it, then I'd suggest using one of the alternatives I've posted. At the very least, it's referring to the level, not the breadth, of expectations.

Horizons of Expectation - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizons_of_Expectation
The phrase "Horizons of Expectation" is a term fundamental to German academic Hans Robert Jauss's Reception theory. ... According to Jauss, the reader approaches a text armed with the knowledge and experience gained from interactions with other texts.



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Note added at 1 hr (2017-11-04 02:50:45 GMT)
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I said 'communicate' -- It might have been better to say 'with which you approach a communication exchange'. The writer or speaker typically assumes your horizon of expectations and tries to match it. Similarly, the philosopher Paul Grice wrote about the "cooperative principle":

www.albany.edu/~zg929648/PDFs/Dynel.pdf
by M Dynel - ‎Cited by 5
In his seminal lecture published as an article, Grice (1989a [1975]) propounds the Cooperative Principle (CP) ... which gives rise to (conversational) implicature ...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 06:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks again, Muriel. I would have given you 5 points, but 4 was all the system would allow me.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, this was exactly the kind of information I needed! Not being a philosophy major, it was a completely new term to me.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa Jane
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  -> Thank you, Lisa Jane!

agree  neilmac
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  -> Thanks, Neil!

agree  franglish
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agree  philgoddard
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