Writing Life in the Twenty-First Century
The Body and the Self in Paul Auster's Winter Journal and Juan José Millás's El Mundo
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8910106 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Brady (0000-0002-2348-1949) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-65 |
| Publication date | 2018-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Literature Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4132 • E-ISSN: 1528-4212 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/complitstudies.55.1.0047 |
| OpenAlex | W2789323235 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In Winter Journal (2012) and El mundo (2007), Auster and Millás revert to the primacy of the physical body as they record memories of the past. The discursive representation of the physical body in these two works emphasizes the complex nature of language. In these life narratives, written language is the best tool in the search for subjectivity, yet it also impedes getting closer to knowing the self. This current study analyzes experiences of the physical body in written language and the complex relationship between physicality and unintelligibility
Archaeology · Art · Epistemology · Life writing · Literature · Mill · Narrative · Political science · Representation (politics · Sociology · Subjectivity · Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American Literature Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |