Written for the Dept. of Italian Studies. Title from title page of PDF (viewed 2020/03/30). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Mississippi State University. Department of English. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept of Comparative Literature, June 2000. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-203).

Thesis (M.A.)--Mississippi State University. Department of English. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Mississippi State University. Department of English. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Augsburg, 2000. / Jewish aspects are treated secondarily. Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-450).

Thesis (D.A.)--Illinois State University, 1995. / Title from title page screen, viewed May 4, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Douglas Hesse (chair), Janice Neuleib, Maurice Scharton. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-182) and abstract. Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2000. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 215-225). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

A presente pesquisa analisa o emprego de narrativas verbais como construtos ficcionais utilizados por artistas do campo visual através de seus trabalhos e documentações. Particularmente enfocam-se três aspectos desses escritos: quando se apresentam em forma autobiográfica; quando esta biografia é associada ao mundo histórico; e quando o artista torna-se autor de uma historiografia particular. Nesta investigação elegemos escritos considerados representativos dessas ocorrências enfocadas – entre eles os dos artistas Sophie Calle, Lucas Samaras, Ad Reinhardt, Joseph Beuys, Robert Morris e Jannis Kounellis. Através dessa análise, visa-se explanar algumas particularidades do gênero, tais como o que determina com que um escrito ficcional seja um trabalho do campo dito visual e não do literário; o porquê da escolha por parte dos artistas desse suporte como meio para suas significações; e por quais traços o meio verbal contagia um campo já usual à arte, o ficcional. / This research analyses the use of verbal narratives as fictional constructs by artists from the visual field, through the work of these artists and their documentation, particularly focusing in three aspects of these artist’s writings: as autobiographical, as biographical in relation to the historical world, and when the artist becomes the author of a particular art history. For investigating the subject it was selected a group of artists and artworks that could be considered representatives of these occurrences – as seen in writings from Sophie Calle, Lucas Samaras, Ad Reinhardt, Joseph Beuys, Robert Morris and Jannis Kounellis. The analysis explore questions as what would classifies a work of fiction within from the visual arts field instead of literary; why these artists chose this form of expression as medium for their significations; and how the verbal field influences the fictional in visual art.