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(De)constructing “America”: the Case of Emir Kusturica’s Arizona Dream (1993)
2010
By means of an analysis of Kusturica’s only film about America, Arizona Dream, this article argues that while the United States offers a vision of a united society founded on diversity, it also represses, altering in the process both society and the landscape. National unity is consequently a dream – a dream the film suggests that has often been dreamed up by un-Americans. Filtered through Kusturica’s own perceptions of America – and his position on the Balkan War (1991-2001) – the film seems to suggest sadness at the loss of a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural perspective. Through its representations of geography and ethnic diversity, and its dense network of filmic citations, what Arizona Drea…
Reflexividad y narratividad en Ricardo Piglia: de Macedonio a Fitzgerald
2013
Resumen: Este articulo analiza algunos rasgos de la narrativa reciente del argentino Ricardo Piglia con relacion a las poeticas de Macedonio Fernandez y del estadounidense Francis Scott Fitzgerald. La primera parte trabaja la relacion conflictiva de Piglia con el llamado posmodernismo; la segunda parte explica el vinculo entre Piglia y Macedonio, a traves de la poetica de la autonomia de lo literario; la tercera parte aborda la relacion con Fitzgerald, por medio de un analisis de sus respectivas busquedas de formas narrativas, para concluir en una cuarta parte ciertos cambios dentro de la propia obra novelesca de Piglia. Palabras clave: Piglia, Fitzgerald, Macedonio, posmodernismo, narrativ…
“C’est la vie, c’est la narration”: The Reader in Christine Brooke-Rose’s Textermination and David Lodge’s Small World
2016
Abstract This article considers two metafictional academic novels from the reader’s point of view. It argues that this critical vantage point is suggested (if not imposed) by the fictional texts themselves. The theoretical texts informing this reading pertain either to reader response or to theories of metafiction, in an attempt to uncover conceptual commonalities between the two. Apart from a thematic focus on academic conferences as pilgrimages and the advocacy of reading as an ethically valuable activity, the two novels also share a propensity for intertextuality, a blurring of the boundaries between fictional and critical discourse, as well as a questioning of the borderline between fic…
On the lookout for the infinite variations of chaos : approaching the work of Rodrigo Fresán
2014
The aim of this thesis is to examine and interpret the sophisticated composition of Rodrigo Fresán’s “house of books” or “intertextual series”. Our research will demonstrate that the nine books of the Argentinean writer, in spite of their different generic classifications and their significant thematic diversity, form a coherent whole and they cannot be therefore analyzed separately. The continuity, the logic and, most importantly, the systematic nature of this literary project, that unites all the books of the author in an original and fractal intertextual series “in progress”, will be showed. Considering the fact that this work is characterized by a generic hybridity and a tension between…
Metaficció irònica a «Estremida memòria», de Jesús Moncada
2006
The reception of Jesús Moncada’s work at the beginning of his literary career was determined by the debate between «rural novel» and «urban novel», up to the point of directing its reading towards an elegiac dimension, at the expense of other distinctive traits of greater importance. In this sense, Moncada’s work has been understood, in an almost exclusive way, as a literary recording of the collective memory. The present article suggests a different reading of «Estremida memòria», in order to discover the essenciality of the irony in the author’s world, in this case, through the characteristic procedures of metafiction: metalepsi and metatextuality. The recreation of Mequinenza’s history i…
Īrijas vēstures attēlojuma īpatnības Džozefa O'Konnora romānā "Jūras zvaigzne" un Sebastiana Barija romānā "Slepenie raksti"
2018
Šajā maģistra darbā tiek pētītas Īrijas vēstures attēlojuma īpatnības divos romānos – Džozefa O’Konnora romānā “Jūras zvaigzne” un Sebastiana Barija romānā “Slepenie raksti”. Darba mērķis ir analizēt veidus, kā šie romāni ataino nozīmīgus īru vēstures notikumus, Lielo badu un ceļu uz Īrijas neatkarību, kā arī veidus, kādos tiek problematizēta patiesa un objektīva attēlojuma iespējamība. Abi rakstnieki pēta tādus jēdzienus kā atmiņu, traumu, narativitāti un vēstures attēlojuma ticamību, uzsverot naratīvu veidošanas procesu un valodas nepietiekamību traumas atainošanai, kā arī aicina lasītājus kritiski apdomāt naratīvus, pētot dažādu faktoru ietekmi uz tiem.
Imatges del món i miralls literaris. L'escriptura metaficcional en l'obra de Carme Riera
2021
L'article proposa una anàlisi, com a eix vertebrador de la literatura de Carme Riera, dels elements que, a l'interior de la diègesi, giren l'atenció cap a la mateixa condició literària del text i cap als mecanismes de construcció i de funcionament que li són propis; és a dir, d'aquells elements que posen de manifest el caràcter ficcional de l’obra i mitjançant els quals s'hi planteja un pacte metaficcional. L'autoconsciència i l'autoreferencialitat del text metaficcional trenquen amb la il·lusió mimètica pròpia del pacte realista per a plantejar una reflexió sobre l'artifici dels sistemes de captació del real per part de la literatura, deixant al descobert els límits i els codis que regeixe…
Estratègies discursives iròniques en la narrativa catalana actual: l'autoconsciència textual
2010
A partir de textos de Jesús Moncada, Quim Monzó, Carme Riera, Ramon Solsona i Sergi Pàmies, l'article analitza l'existència en la narrativa breu catalana actual d'una tendència que es caracteritza per l'ús dels recursos de la metaficció, adaptats als interessos literaris i a l'estil de cada autor però amb una orientación general compartida. Es tracta d'una tendència de clar signe antirealista i amb plena consciència de textualitat que fa explícits els mecanismes de la ficció; una modalitat de discurs irònic que s'interroga sobre les possibilitats i els límits de representació del real i, en definitiva, sobre allò que entenem per realitat. Departing from some texts by Jesús Moncada, Quim Mon…
5 210 sanaa metalyriikan tutkimisesta
2004
5 210 Words about the Theory of Metapoetry The term metapoetry refers to a distinct category of lyric texts that addresses directly or indirectly the issue of poetics. Although metareflexive elements have significantly increased in poetry, especially in the twentieth century, metapoetry has not gained the same attention as its narrative counterpart metafiction - now regarded as a well-established contemporary genre. This article aims at introducing English, German and Finnish studies on metapoetry. In English, the commonly used term is self-reflexive poetry, whereas German critics usually talk about poetological poetry (poetologische Lyrik). Metarunous (metapoetry) and metalyyrisyys (metapo…
The Blues of David Lynch
2009
International audience; This article is an attempt to elaborate a typology of the color blue in the color films of David Lynch up to and including Mulholland Drive (2001). The color blue is considered alternately as light, matter or verbal language. The author studies the use, function, value and meaning of blue lighting, divided into static and flashing light, and of the blue objects in Blue Velvet (1986) and Mulholland Drive. The author shows how Lynch appropriates connotations Western culture, under the influence of Christian and romantic imagery, traditionally associates with the color blue in his cinematographic compositions. The author argues that this typology has bearing not only on…