Paul Auster and August Brill's solitary rooms

The Spatiality of Solitude

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ID4319960
AuthorsRu Chen (0000-0002-2826-2147, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, China), Song Liu (0000-0002-2248-4283, Hunan University of Finance & Economics, China; Beijing Foreign Studies University, China), Zhou Chan (0000-0002-1987-8281, Northwestern Polytechnical University), Jiaxin Lin (0000-0001-6534-9471, Northwestern Polytechnical University), Muhammad Khail Kan (0000-0002-3580-5461, The Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Pakistan)
Year2022
Volume45
Issue4
Pages183-204
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTrans/Form/Ação (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0101-3173 • E-ISSN: 1980-539X
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0101-3173.2022.v45n4.p183
OpenAlexW4297206692
SCIELO_PIDS0101-31732022000400183
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited7

For Paul Auster, a room is in essence "the substance of solitude itself", a spatially defined solitude. In this respect, the phenomenon has transcended its physical limitations and assumed existential and philosophical significance. In his writings, a room is first and foremost an architectural space that a solitary writer occupies. Besides, it is metaphorized as the mind that is the room - an intellectually constructed space; and lastly, it is a place narrated in his stories where his characters meditate and compose, a space that exists in words. This paper studies Auster's life writings and one of his fictions, Man in the Dark, to present the complexity of the three forms of solitary rooms and their mutual inclusion in intersubjective solitude

Art · Epistemology · Existentialism · Linguistics · Literature · Phenomenon · Psychoanalysis · Solitude · Space (punctuation) · Contemporary Literature and Criticism · Philosophy · Psychology · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Urban Development and Cultural Heritage

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