Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Apareceida Rodrigues Alves.pdf: 294294 bytes, checksum: 332da88995b99c0ff9b468033c97d416 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study proposes to investigate the metafictional strategies present in the novel A Caverna, by José Saramago, as well as to demonstrate how the author, using intertextuality, proposes sometimes either the (re)formulation or the (re) affirmation of other people's speeches, building and baring a text that remains on the threshold. To carry out this purpose, the research is organized into three chapters. In the first, entitled "Contemporary Tendencies in Portuguese Literature", we present a brief overview of contemporary Portuguese romance and its main tendencies, as well as the literary journey undertaken by Saramago. Considerations of Miguel Real and Alvaro Cardoso Gomes in the reconstruction of this Portuguese literary scene, and interviews and critical comments about his own work, made by Saramago, were essential in this chapter. In "Discourses on the threshold: between (re)affirmation and the (re)formulation," the second chapter of the study, we discuss the concept of metafiction proposed by Linda Hutcheon and commented by Gustavo Bernardo and present the metafictional strategies employed by the author in the construction of the studied novel and the effects of meaning generated by such employment. The intertextuality the resumption of popular sayings, the Bible discourse or the dialog with other unrelated texts the intratextuality and metalanguage were evidenced here. In the last chapter, "Dialogues between Saramago and Platonic caves", it s investigated the intertextual dialogue established between the novel of Saramago and the myth of Plato's cave, suggested from the very title of the work. The objective was to thus display as through the resumption of foreign texts, the Portuguese author moves between the (des)construction and (re)construction of the speeches, creating a threshold text and requiring the reader his effective participation in the creation of new meanings. The concepts of Kristeva and Jenny, regarding the intertextuality, already employed in chapter two, were quite relevant / O presente estudo tem como proposta investigar as estratégias metaficcionais presentes no romance A Caverna, de José Saramago, bem como demonstrar de que forma o autor, recorrendo à intertextualidade, propõe ora a (re)formulação, ora a (re)afirmação dos discursos alheios, construindo e desnudando um texto que permanece no limiar. Para a realização deste intento, a pesquisa está organizada em três capítulos. No primeiro, intitulado As Tendências Contemporâneas da Literatura Portuguesa , apresentamos um breve panorama do romance contemporâneo português e suas principais tendências, bem como a trajetória literária empreendida por Saramago. As considerações de Miguel Real e Álvaro Cardoso Gomes na reconstituição deste panorama literário português, e as entrevistas e comentários críticos acerca da própria obra feitos por Saramago foram essenciais na construção deste capítulo. Em Discursos no Limiar: entre a (re)Afirmação e a (re)Formulação , segundo capítulo da dissertação, discutimos o conceito de metaficção proposto por Linda Hutcheon e comentado por Gustavo Bernardo e apresentamos as estratégias metaficcionais empregadas pelo autor na construção do romance em estudo e os efeitos de sentido gerados por tal emprego. A intertextualidade seja na retomada de ditos populares, no discurso bíblico ou ainda outros textos alheios , a intratextualidade e a metalinguagem foram aqui evidenciadas. No último capítulo, Diálogos entre as Cavernas Saramaguiana e Platônica , investigamos o diálogo intertextual estabelecido entre o romance de Saramago e o mito da caverna de Platão, sugerido desde o próprio título da obra. Objetivou-se, assim, apresentar como por meio da retomada de textos alheios, o autor português transita entre a (des)construção e a (re)construção dos discursos, criando um texto do limiar, e exigindo do leitor sua participação efetiva na criação de novos sentidos. Os conceitos de Kristeva e Jenny, no tocante à intertextualidade, já empregados também no capítulo dois, foram bastante relevantes

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T11:06:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ADRIANA GOMES BEZERRA.pdf: 4632340 bytes, checksum: 89bdc9aefd4c5bf2d1e8e725ef121659 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-03-05 / The proposal that this work developed was guided in a reading of Edla Pacheco s workmanship like a hybrid text, which is possible the confluence between history, fiction and memory, in seeking to revise the past to the understanding the present, its became a significant document for analysis of this. In proposing an analysis of interdiscurses that composed the work, literature is used as an important means for the knowledge construction. The Edla Pacheco s whole workmanship establishes a dialogue between history and fiction that incite the reader participate actively at the building of the sense of the text from their experiences. Her work reveal the problems, the habits and customs of a goiana typically society in the end of the nineteenth century, and teased the precarious survival conditions in those time. Selected for this work the novels Zaca and Paredes Cinzentas with the primary objective to demonstrate the importance of literature as a way of reconstructing the pass and even the social world, in particular apply this knowledge to the regional reality, in order to contribute to the understanding of some aspects of goiana society. The readers of the research that follows should sustain the assertions that Edla Pacheco is not intended to prove anything, your project is mimetic, and she pretend to compose the man actions panel in a time a that between the test and history are memoris interference and multiple their relationship is inseparable and intrinsic. The study that follows is an analysis focus on the historical extraction narrative. / A proposta que este trabalho desenvolveu esteve orientada na leitura da obra de Edla Pacheco, como texto híbrido, no qual se encontra a possibilidade de confluência da história, ficção e memória, na busca de revisão do passado para a compreensão do presente, tornando-se um significativo documento de análise. Ao propor uma análise dos interdiscursos que compõem a referida obra, literatura é utilizada como um importante meio para a construção do conhecimento. A obra reunida de Edla Pacheco estabelece um diálogo entre a história e a ficção que instiga o leitor a dar a estas um novo sentido em seu presente. Essa é a tarefa do leitor: participar ativamente da construção do sentido do texto a partir de suas experiências. Tais obras revelam as mazelas, os usos e costumes de uma sociedade tipicamente goiana do final do século XIX, e esmiúça as condições de sobrevivência precária da época. Selecionou-se para este trabalho as obras Zaca e Paredes Cinzentas tendo como principal objetivo demonstrar a importância da literatura como forma de reconstrução do passado e até mesmo do mundo social, sobretudo, aplicar esse conhecimento à realidade regional, de forma a contribuir para o entendimento de alguns aspectos da sociedade goiana. Os leitores desta pesquisa devem se amparar nas afirmações de que Edla Pacheco não pretende provar nada, seu projeto é mimético. Ela se atém a compor um painel das ações do homem de uma época uma vez que entre o texto memorialístico e a história existem interferências múltiplas e suas relações são inseparáveis e intrínsecas. O estudo que se segue é uma análise que se centra na narrativa de extração histórica.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-10T11:06:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CRISTIANO ALVES FERREIRA.pdf: 1019514 bytes, checksum: 70635d886c364b330586799c54b4b7fa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-09-27 / The purpose of this research is to analyze the thin lines that create a rupture in the plans of the narrative, both in the historical process (literary historiography) as its marginal position (historiographic metafiction) in Memorial do Convento of José Saramago. The discourse is ordered in order to consider what was in Memorial do Convento as a means to record the speech itself or the ideological expression of the ruling power, in view of the periodicity of historical fact and measured the impact that such actions resonated with the Portuguese Crown. The establishment of the narrow limits of historical appearance, whose statement reflects more than a simple plot, overcomes the essence of the analysis, assuming a comprehensive study under the conditions of construction of historical discourse, be it on the triad of power in historiography, or the margin metafictional utterances in this constitution. So are characterizations of "beings" discourse tied the dynamics of a historical era, an exhibition of the history; beyond that differentiate these subtle concepts for fiction / reality. Mankind is not exempt from its historical constitution because their brands are indelibly recorded in the literary, as this is in itself a representation of customs, ideas and thoughts, also, the philosophical expression of an era. The theoretical discourse and the weights will give under the foundations of Mikhail Bakthin (2010), Terry Eagleton (2001), Jean-Maurice Lefebve (1980), André Trouche (2006), Maurice Halbwachs (2006), Peter Burke (1992), and Linda Hutcheon (1991). Thus, history is written, narrated, and recreated based on fact. This way, you can have the conviction that past data that have come to us because they are not the facts themselves but representations of events that occurred from the perspective of the statement of a "being" discursive. / A finalidade desta pesquisa é analisar as tênues linhas que geram a ruptura nos planos da narrativa, tanto no processo histórico (historiografia literária), quanto a sua posição marginal (metaficção historiográfica) em Memorial do Convento de José Saramago. A discursividade ordena-se no intuito de ponderar o que se constituiu em Memorial do Convento como meio de registro do próprio discurso ou da expressão ideológica do poder vigente, tendo em vista a periodicidade do fato histórico mensurado e os impactos que tais ações repercutiram junto à Coroa portuguesa. O estabelecimento dos estreitos limites da aparência histórica, cujo enunciado reflete mais que um simples enredo, supera a essência da análise, pressupondo um estudo amplo sob as condições de construção do discurso histórico, seja ele diante da tríade do poder na historiografia, ou à margem desta constituição em enunciações metaficcionais. Assim, são caracterizações de seres discursivos atrelados as dinâmicas de uma época histórica, a uma exposição da própria história; isto além de estes se diferenciarem por sutis conceitos de ficção/realidade. A humanidade não se exime de sua constituição histórica, pois suas marcas estão indelevelmente registradas no âmbito literário, pois esta é em si uma representação de costumes, ideias e pensamentos, igualmente, a expressão filosófica de uma época. A discursividade e as ponderações teóricas dar-se-ão sob as bases de Mikhail Bakhtin (2010), Terry Eagleton (2001), Maurice-Jean Lefebve (1980), André Trouche (2006), Maurice Halbwachs (2006), Peter Burke (1992), e Linda Hutcheon (1991). Assim, a história é escrita, narrada, recriada e baseada em um fato. Desta forma, pode-se ter a convicção de que os dados passados que chegaram até nós, já não são os próprios fatos concretos e sim representações de fatos ocorridos sob a perspectiva do enunciado de um ser discursivo.

O objetivo deste estudo é fornecer uma análise dos dois principais movimentos dentro da ficção científica em língua inglesa vinculados ao pós-modernismo, a New Wave da década de 1960 e o Movimento Cyberpunk da década de 1980, estabelecendo comparações com a produção de ficção científica do mesmo período, dentro das Primeira e Segunda Ondas da Ficção Científica Brasileira. Questões de política literária serão sempre evocadas, como maneira de relativizar o peso teórico das discussões, tentando estabelecer que intenções, procedimentos e programas literários existem inseridos em contextos pessoais, sociais e mesmo nacionais. Essa abordagem é amparada pelo conceito do Campo de Poder, do sociólogo francês Pierre Bourdieu (1930-2002), e de diversos intérpretes de suas idéias. A partir dos trabalhos de críticos e teóricos como Clive Bloom, Scott McCracken, Ken Gelder, Michel de Certeau e Robert Scholes, este trabalho propõe que a ficção científica, como gênero literário de raízes populares, é capaz de exercer o papel de uma literatura que faz a crítica da modernidade, sem recorrer necessariamente aos aspectos formais associados à literatura pós-modernista, incluindo o texto fragmentário, a mistura de gêneros e códigos literários. A pesquisa conduz a uma reflexão a respeito da situação da ficção de gênero vis-à-vis a predileção da ficção pós-modernista pela metaficção e pelo experimentalismo. / The objective of this study is to provide an analysis of the two main literary movements in English-written science fiction associated to postmodernism, the New Wave of the 1960s and the Cyberpunk Movement of the 1980s, establishing comparisons with science fictional production of the same periods in the First and Second Waves of Brazilian science fiction. Issues of literary politics will be constantly considered, as a way to relativize the theoretical charge of the arguments, trying to establish that intentions, proceedings, and literary programs exist inserted in personal, social, and even national contexts. This approach is supported by the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieus concept of Field of Power, and also by a number of readers of his ideas. Taking from the works of critics and theoreticians such as Clive Bloom, Scott McCracken, Ken Gelder, Michel de Certeau, and Robert Scholes, this work claims that science fiction as a literary genre of popular roots can play out the role of a literature that performs a criticism of modernity without relying on those formal aspects associated with postmodernist literature, including fragmentary prose and the mixing of genres and literary codes. The research leads to a reflection concerning the situation of genre fiction vis-à-vis postmodernist fictions propensity for metafiction and experimentalism.

This thesis explores the figure of the trickster in the works of Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, Iris Murdoch and Muriel Spark. By looking at these writers’ treatment of elusive, illusive and allusive characters, the thesis argues that they each incorporated what can be read as “trickster” figures in their fiction as a means of addressing anxieties about art, society and the self. The trickster is a character-type found in narratives from a multitude of cultures and eras, and is typically characterised by his subversive presence, his boundary-crossing and his role as a healer of predicament. While the trickster is often perceived as a universal phenomenon arising from a collective unconscious, this thesis instead focusses on writers’ intentional inclusion of trickster characters in literature as a way of thinking through specific problems. Bowen, it will be shown, interpolated tricksy characters drawn from myth and fairy-tale into her fiction in order to expose a perceived rift between art and academia; Taylor used the trickster to think about the construction of identity in post-war Britain; Murdoch took models from Shakespeare to create tricksters that helped her explore the ethics of writing fiction; and Spark’s tricksters allowed her to conceptualise truth and lies, and good and evil. Concentrating on four mid-century writers whose works have been seen to vary in genre and style, this thesis demonstrates that a trickster paradigm emerged in mid-twentieth-century British fiction – a period not previously associated with the trickster. Influenced by converging strands of trickery and allusion in art through the early decades of the twentieth century, notable mid-century British writers used outsider characters to probe social and artistic shifts in a landscape fractured by war and to reach for a sense of healing. By identifying such characters as trickster figures, this thesis sheds new light on patterns of subversion, healing and character in mid-century fiction. It explores the particular affinity the trickster had with women’s writing, and illustrates how the trickster was important to twentieth-century concerns surrounding metafiction and the role of the reader.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:47:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jeane Lucas.pdf: 868815 bytes, checksum: 28a75baf27ad1a2c184ef9d159a851d1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-06 / Literary production of the nineties and the early years of the twenty-first century is characterized the release of some literary genres, specifically what Literary Theory defined as being a novel, which do not fit the standards of Classical Literature or the peculiarities of the so-called Best Sellers. Therefore, this thesis has as its object of study the book Leopardos de Kafka, by Moacyr Scliar, which is part of the collection of detective novels Literature and Death, released by the publisher Companhia das Letras. This study aims to show the narrative resources and how they were used in the novel aforementioned, so that we can show that they break the existing boundaries between Classical Literature and Best Sellers and the standards of the traditional detective novel. For this objective to be achieved, the theoretical foundation of this thesis was based, mainly, on studies of the detective novel, done by Boileau and Narcejac (1991), Albuquerque (1979), Reimão (1983, 2005) and others; in researches on Best Sellers, done by Sodré (1978), Caldas (2000) among others and on studies of Historiographic Metafiction, postmodernism and narcissistic narrative, made by Hutcheon (1984, 2002). / O panorama da produção literária da década de noventa e dos primeiros anos do século XXI é marcado pelo lançamento de alguns gêneros literários, especificamente o que a Teoria Literária definiu como sendo romance, que não se ajustam nem às regras da Literatura Culta nem às peculiaridades do que se convencionou chamar de Literatura de Massa. Por isso, esta tese tem como objeto de estudo o livro Leopardos de Kafka, de Moacyr Scliar, pertencente à coleção de romances policiais Literatura ou Morte, lançada pela editora Companhia das Letras. O presente estudo objetiva mostrar os recursos narrativos e o modo como estes foram empregados, no romance citado, a fim de que se possa evidenciar que eles rompem com as fronteiras existentes entre a Literatura Culta e a Literatura de Massa e com as regras do romance policial tradicional. Para que esse objetivo fosse alcançado, a fundamentação teórica desta tese foi baseada, principalmente, nos estudos sobre o romance policial, feitos por Narcejac (1991), Albuquerque (1979), Reimão (1983, 2005) e outros; nas pesquisas sobre Literatura de Massa, realizadas por Sodré (1978), Caldas (2000) e outros e nos estudos sobre Metaficção Historiográfica, pós-modernismo e narrativa narcísica, realizados por Hutcheon (1984, 2002).

Submitted by Ricardo Cedraz Duque Moliterno (ricardo.moliterno@uefs.br) on 2015-09-15T00:08:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o completa.pdf: 952706 bytes, checksum: dbfb5dc1aeed460dc95bc5485e87bf85 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-15T00:08:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Disserta??o completa.pdf: 952706 bytes, checksum: dbfb5dc1aeed460dc95bc5485e87bf85 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-08-01 / Funda??o de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia - FAPEB / This document aims at comprehending the formation process of the national awareness as well as the Brazilian identity in Ana Miranda?s works, focusing on the novel Desmundo (1996). To do so, it is taken into account the relevance of the important post-modern concept of ?presenting of the past? in the literary and contemporary texts and the way this concept introduces issues related to the process of construction of the national identity in the novels of historiographic metafiction. Therefore, based upon a descriptive and analytical bibliographical methodology, it is presented theoretical and methodological discussions raised by scholars of post-modernity, formation of awareness and national identity such as: Hutcheon (1991), Baudrillard (1991; 2001), Jameson (2002; 2006), White (2001), Renan (1997), Anderson (2008), Santos (1997), Guibernau (1997), Bhabha (1997; 1998), Hall (2003), Bauman (2005), and so forth. In the analysis of Miranda?s works it is discussed the formation of the Brazilian nation and the national awareness since its genesis ? the colonial period - , which is, broadly speaking, based on transgression, prejudice and discrimination, in a taken-as ?rigorous? classes structure and power abuse. Furthermore, it is examined the parody presence of the foundational myth, as well as the origin of the nation and the Brazilian identity, emphasizing the importance of the individual acknowledgement. To sum up, it can be noticed that the protagonist of the novel can be taken as a standard of representation of this process of identity acknowledgement. Such process is, at the same time, a plural, multifaceted and decentralized one. / O principal objetivo nesta disserta??o ? a compreens?o do processo de forma??o da consci?ncia nacional e da identidade brasileira na prosa da escritora Ana Miranda, com ?nfase no romance Desmundo (1996). Para tanto, considera-se a relev?ncia do importante conceito p?s-moderno de ?presentifica??o do passado? nos textos liter?rios contempor?neos, e nos modos como esse conceito introduz quest?es relativas ao processo de constru??o da na??o e da identidade nacional nos romances de metafic??o historiogr?fica. Portanto, apoiando-se numa metodologia bibliogr?fica, de cunho descritivo-anal?tica, s?o apresentadas discuss?es te?rico-metodol?gicas de estudiosos dos temas da p?s-modernidade, da forma??o da consci?ncia e da identidade nacional, a saber: Hutcheon (1991), Baudrillard (1991; 2001), Jameson (2002; 2006), White (2001), Renan (1997), Anderson (2008), Santos (1997), Guibernau (1997), Bhabha (1997; 1998), Hall (2003), Bauman (2005), dentre outros. Na an?lise da prosa mirandina, discute-se a forma??o da na??o brasileira e da consci?ncia nacional a partir de sua g?nese ? o Brasil Col?nia ?, que ?, em s?ntese, baseada na transgress?o, no preconceito e na discrimina??o, numa pseudo ?rigorosa? estrutura de classes e no abuso de poder. Examina-se, ainda, a presen?a par?dica do mito fundacional e de origem da na??o e da identidade do povo brasileiro, em que se enfatiza a import?ncia do autoconhecimento do indiv?duo. Observa-se, em suma, que a protagonista do romance pode ser considerada um modelo de representa??o desse processo de autoconhecimento identit?rio. Tal processo ?, ao mesmo tempo, plural, multifacetado e descentralizado.

Lorsqu’Agustina Bessa-Luís (1922-) réécrit l’Histoire elle est guidée par la volonté de dénoncer l’absence des femmes dans l’historiographie traditionnelle. Notre lecture envisage la réinscription des femmes dans l’Histoire portugaise, ceci à travers le prisme de la « déconstruction » de son discours. C’est à travers une remise en question de l’objectivité historique, par la subjectivité et la multiplicité des points de vue, ainsi que par un travail intertextuel sur les textes sources révélant qu’ils sont des constructions, que les romans deviennent des métafictions historiographiques postmodernes. Elles élaborent à travers la parodie et l’ambivalence une Histoire carnavalesque, dessinant une image peu commune du Portugal. Ensuite, la romancière oppose à la vision officielle, une histoire au féminin, ceci pour documenter l’expérience et l’identité des femmes dans leurs multiplicités. La question de la mémoire et des jalons inhérents à la condition des femmes révèle un processus de construction identitaire dégageant deux modes d’inscription féminins dans l’Histoire, l’un autorisé, l’autre transgressif. Puis, le principe de la domination masculine est remis en cause à travers la question de la virilité comme un impossible modèle à atteindre. Dans les romans de l’écrivaine, les hommes deviennent des figures ambigües, représentant le désordre et la ruine dans la société hégémonique. Fuyants mais réconciliés, ils reformulent la masculinité et signent la mort du patriarcat. Enfin, sont examinés les derniers fondements régissant la relation homme/femme : la question l’hétérosexualité obligatoire et celle du couple. L’auteure montre la fin de l’altérité radicale entre l’Autre et l’Un, provoquant une ressemblance entre les sexes et remettant en cause la notion même de couple. Ainsi, si elle a démontré au long de son oeuvre que l’on peut être femme et homme de diverses manières, elle soulignera aussi que dans le couple l’union est impossible. / When Agustina Bessa-Luís rewrites History she is guided by the will to show the absence of women in History. Our reading will show the reintroduction of women in Portuguese History through the “descontruction” of its discourse. It’s through questioning the historic objectivity, by the variety of points of view and by an intertextual work with written sources, which reveal that they are human constructions, that the novels become postmodern historiographics metafictions. They elaborate through parody and ambivalence en carnival History, giving a different picture of Portugal. Then the novelist contrasts the official History with a Herstory in order to document the feminine experience and identity in all their multiplicities. The question of memory and phases that are inseparable from woman conditions, reveals a process of identical construction, which gives a report of two ways of feminine inscription into History, one authorize, the other transgressive. Then the principle of masculine domination is questioned through the matter of virility as an impossible model to attain. The men become ambiguous figures, who represent the disorder and decay of society. Fleing but reconciled they reform the masculinity and sign the death of patriarchate. Finally, the last foundations that govern the relation the relation between men and women, and the question of obligatory heterosexuality and the couple, are examined. The writer shows the end of radical otherness between the Other and the One which provokes a resemblance between sexes and questions the notion of the couple. Thus, if the author has shown in her novels, that we can be a man and a woman in different ways, she also shows that in a couple the union is impossible.

The Forgiveness Project includes a critical introduction that defines the author’s approach to the short-short form as well as an explanation of how historiographical metafiction can work to memorialize. The first section contains primarily short-short stories that address the themes of motherhood, small tyrannies, happy liars, caregiving and the clichés of grief. A collection of linked short stories follows, revolving around elusive forgiveness. On the night of July 17, 1977, Juanita Lee, a bridge tender in South Florida, was abducted by two men and executed in the Everglades to silence her opposition to the demolition of an Intracoastal Waterway bridge. Twenty-two years later her daughter, Jill, now a Washington D.C. lobbyist who views the world through the cynical lens of her life’s work, is confronted with a plea for forgiveness via an organization called “The Forgiveness Project,” representing one of her mother’s killers.

Entre autobiographie et fiction, le terme " autofiction ", inventé par Serge Doubrovsky, est un " genre " qui s'est surtout épanoui à la fin du XIXe siècle avec " la transposition en fiction des fragments d'une expérience " (Hubier), devenue de plus en plus populaire au fil du temps. La recherche entreprise dans cette thèse porte sur la forme contemporaine de ce mélange entre autobiographie et fiction que l'on trouve chez Paul Auster. Le corpus principal est composé de ses romans dits de la " maturité ", publiés entre 1991 et 2008 : Leviathan, The Book of Illusions, Oracle Night, The Brooklyn Follies, Travels in the Scriptorium et Man in the Dark. C'est ainsi la question de l'évolution de l'autofiction mais également de la métafiction chez cet auteur qui est examinée dans cette thèse. Divisé en trois parties, ce travail porte dans un premier temps sur les repères spatiotemporels dans les romans de Paul Auster avant de se concentrer sur les éléments métafictionnels présents dans les romans du corpus. Dans la première partie, une distinction est faite entre deux espaces : l'espace intérieur et l'espace extérieur et la façon dont ces deux espaces cohabitent. Dans une deuxième partie, la thèse s'intéresse aux repères temporels, qu'ils soient d'ordre mémoriel ou en rapport direct avec la structure du récit. La thèse examine le rôle que jouent certains repères empruntés à l'Histoire contemporaine dans l'histoire personnelle des personnages, en observant qu'ils occupent une place toujours plus importante au fur et à mesure que l'oeuvre austérienne progresse, en particulier à partir des attentats du onze septembre. Enfin, c'est la mise en scène de l'écriture chez Paul Auster et la façon dont elle alimente l'autofiction en mettant l'accent sur l'identité d'écrivain de notre auteur qui est traitée : l'emploi du langage, l'évolution des supports d'écriture chez les personnages, la description de la méthodologie du travail de l'écrivain mais également l'intratextualité qui met en avant le lien entre tous ses romans.