This thesis deals with the work of the Spanish writer Enrique Vila-Matas. The text firstly focuses on Vila-Matas himself and subsequently contemplates the role of this author within the scope of the Spanish, Hispanic and ultimately also international literary history. Given the fact that Enrique Vila-Matas is, in many aspects, an exemplary post-modern writer, it is interesting to follow the paralels in his narrative approaches and compare them with reflections of reality by various sociologists and philosophers, such as, for example, the French philosopher Francise Lyotard. Vila-Matas is a direct follower of the so called metaliterary approach to literature - literature about literature - the development of this method can be encountered in the Spanish prose of Jorge Luis Borges. This manner of writing is very close to the literary theories of Jacques Derrida or Julia Kristeva. Thoughts of these authors are easily applicable to the works of Vila-Matas due to the fact that they are essencially identical or better to say, they are fictionally implemented in the works of Vila- Matas. This part of the thesis focuses, among other issues, also on the very term intertextuality, a term very significant for the work of Vila-Matas. The last part of this paper deals with the analysis of several prosaic...

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:07:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 NadierPS_DISSERT.pdf: 1044798 bytes, checksum: 2ae48c2f5237fbeb1dbedca77515f5f3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-27 / Este trabajo busca analizar c?mo algunos aspectos presentes en la obra de ficci?n del escritor catal?n Enrique Vila-Matas permiten pensar las pr?cticas de la escritura literaria contempor?nea. A partir de una forma h?brida que reconsidera las relaciones tanto entre los g?neros como entre los discursos cr?tico y de ficci?n, la obra del autor se propone reflexionar sobre sus propias posibilidades en el contexto sociocultural contempor?neo. De este modo, a trav?s de una ficci?n que muchas veces adquiere los atributos del ensayo, Vila-Matas trae al centro de sus enredos la discusi?n de cuestiones relacionadas con los impases de una escritura que vuelve su atenci?n para el destino de una tradici?n literaria desvinculada de los preceptos meramente mercadol?gicos contempor?neos. Su manera cr?tica de abordar la literatura y la experimentaci?n en busca de nuevas posibilidades permite asociarlo tanto a Laurence Sterne como al proyecto literario de Jorge Luis Borges. Estos autores tienen propuestas que tratan de superar los l?mites del texto, ya que ah? est? el deseo de acogerse a la ficci?n para demostrar la inestabilidad de los elementos de una cultura, apropi?ndose y desestabilizando los discursos y las claras distinciones entre los saberes. En este sentido, las diversas formas en que Vila- Matas se apropia de los textos de otros y construye una obra de car?cter fuertemente intertextual denuncian jerarquizaciones y modos de circulaci?n de textos que permiten aproximarse de la tensi?n existente entre temas como influencia, citaci?n, pr?cticas de lectura y escritura / Este trabalho busca analisar como alguns aspectos presentes na obra ficcional do escritor catal?o Enrique Vila-Matas permitem pensar as pr?ticas da escrita liter?ria contempor?nea. A partir de uma forma h?brida que reconsidera as rela??es tanto entre os g?neros quanto entre os discursos cr?tico e ficcional, a obra do autor prop?e-se a refletir a respeito de suas pr?prias possibilidades no contexto sociocultural contempor?neo. Assim, por meio de uma fic??o que em muitos momentos adquire os atributos do ensaio, Vila-Matas traz para o centro de seus enredos a discuss?o de quest?es relacionadas aos impasses de uma escrita que volta sua aten??o para o destino de uma tradi??o liter?ria desvinculada dos preceitos meramente mercadol?gicos contempor?neos. Sua maneira cr?tica de abordar a literatura e a experimenta??o em busca de novas possibilidades permitem associ?-lo tanto a Laurence Sterne quanto ao projeto liter?rio de Jorge Luis Borges. Esses autores possuem propostas que tentam ultrapassar os limites do texto, uma vez que nelas encontra-se o desejo de valer-se da fic??o para demonstrar a instabilidade dos elementos de uma cultura, apropriando-se e desestabilizando os discursos e as claras distin??es entre os saberes. Nesse sentido, as diversas maneiras por meio das quais Vila-Matas apropria-se do texto alheio e constr?i uma obra de car?ter fortemente intertextual denunciam hierarquiza??es e modos de circula??o de textos que permitem aproximar-se da tens?o existente entre temas como, influ?ncia, cita??o, pr?ticas de leitura e de escrita / 2019-12-01

À partir du concept de « fiction pensante » élaboré par Franck Salaün, l’objectif de cette étude est de montrer, à partir des œuvres de Georges Perec et d’Enrique Vila-Matas, que la fiction littéraire est un lieu de pensée critique et existentielle de l’auteur. Partant des interrogations sur le rapport de l’individu à la mise en écriture de soi, les romans de ces deux auteurs apparaissent comme de véritables lieux pour penser leur existence, leur écriture et leur relation à la littérature, qui sont autant d’éléments montrant leur façon d’être au monde. La fiction étant considérée comme un élément inhérent à la constitution de la pensée, la pensée se révèlera être également inextricable de la littérature. Parce qu’elle construit des mondes possibles auxquels le lecteur peut s’identifier et parce qu’elle apporte des connaissances morales, la littérature est une forme de savoir sur le monde différent mais tout aussi légitime que celui apporté par la philosophie et les sciences (tant les sciences dures que les sciences sociales). À partir des œuvres de ces deux écrivains, la fiction littéraire est donc envisagée comme le lieu où s’expriment leurs pensées littéraires aussi bien que leur conception du monde. / Using the concept of « thinking fiction » created by Franck Salaün, on the base of the works of Georges Perec and Enrique Vila-Matas, the objective of this study is to demonstrate that literary fiction is the expression of the author’s critical and existential thinking. Based on the interrogations concerning the relation between the individual and the writing of the self, their novels appear to be a place to think their existence, their writing and their relation to literature, which constitute the elements of the way they live the world. When considering fiction as an inherent element of the constitution of thought, thought will reveal itself to be also inextricable from literature. Because it creates possible worlds to which the reader identifies and because it contributes to moral knowledge, literature is a form of knowledge of the world as legitimate as the one built by philosophy and sciences (hard sciences as well as human sciences). Based on the works of these two writers, literary fiction will be considered as a place to express their literary thoughts as well as their conception of the world.

This dissertation is based on the observation that Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" has become a popular reference in contemporary culture. Not only in the field of literary scholarship but also in the realm of art, political theory and philosophy, it is employed as an example of authentic resistance to power, a counter-intuitive politics that finds its strength in withdrawal, inaction, and inscrutability. The thesis examines the reasons and motives that drive literary scholars, artists and philosophers to read, interpret and use the story in such a way. It does so by analyzing the nature of and reoccurring patterns in Bartleby Industry, the enormous bulk of academic scholarship devoted to the story. It observes how the story is made use of outside of literary scholarship by disciplines, such as art and philosophy, that are not primarily concerned with the literary complexity of the story but use it to work on their own problems of politics and ethics. It pays special attention to its popularity among influential Postmarxist philosophers, namely Slavoj Žižek, Giorgio Agamben and Gilles Deleuze. As the presence of "Bartleby" in the realm of philosophy has to do with a particular function literature performs in that field, in these chapters "Bartleby" becomes more of a guiding thread in order to...