Bridges of Meaning: Toward a Rhetoric of Hybridization and a Dialogue of Artistic Forms

Abstract

This study addresses the lack of conceptual clarity regarding the relationship between literary genres and visual arts, and explores the possibility of formulating a rhetoric of hybridization that reconstructs aesthetic meaning through interdisciplinary dialogue. Its main objective is to define the theoretical and aesthetic foundations of this hybridization and to analyze its manifestations in poetry, painting, theatre, and cinema, using a comparative, descriptive, and analytical approach that bridges theory and practice through selected literary and artistic examples. The findings reveal that artistic interaction creates “bridges of meaning” grounded in metaphorical and lexical correspondences that enable a linguistic and aesthetic harmony among different art forms. This harmony shapes a dynamic space where genres complement one another and generate renewed aesthetic significance. The study’s key contribution lies in demonstrating the critic’s and researcher’s capacity to reconnect literary and artistic texts with their cultural and collective roots, drawing upon myth, ritual, and popular traditions as interpretive frameworks. Through this convergence, the research opens new perspectives for redefining the appreciation of literature as an interdisciplinary aesthetic act, transmitting the intellectual and emotional heritage of societies through a coherent vision that unites artistic hybridity and cultural meaning.