Artigo
Close Enough to One Another and Far Apart as Well´: The Intersection of Literature and History in Seamus Deane´s Reading in the Dark
Registro en:
ABEI Journal, v. 15, n. 1, p. 129-142, 2013.
1518-0581
1652623774616075
0000-0003-2399-5963
Autor
Fernando, Aparecido Poiana
Harris, Peter James [UNESP]
Resumen
This article analyses the intersection of narrative and history in Seamus Deane’s Reading in the Dark (1996). It uses the Benjaminian notions of memory, narration and experience to investigate how this novel creates a self through a language characterized by the absence of what it refers to. The analysis will eventually demonstrate that the tension between recollection and obliteration makes Literature and History converge as products of a narrative act. Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Letras Modernas, Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas de São José do Rio Preto, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Rua Cristovão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, CEP 15054-000, SP, Brasil Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Letras Modernas, Instituto de Biociências Letras e Ciências Exatas de São José do Rio Preto, Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Rua Cristovão Colombo, 2265, Jardim Nazareth, CEP 15054-000, SP, Brasil