The creative outcome of my Masters Degree is an extract of my manuscript for a novel. The extract is 40,000 words in length and represents approximately one half of the completed novel. Fissure is the title of the novel. It is a novel which is unconventional in relation to the mainstream understanding of what a traditional novel is. Fissure aims to position itself within a post modern framework. It consists of two primary narratives set apart in time.

The creative outcome of my Masters Degree is an extract of my manuscript for a novel. The extract is 40,000 words in length and represents approximately one half of the completed novel. Fissure is the title of the novel. It is a novel which is unconventional in relation to the mainstream understanding of what a traditional novel is. Fissure aims to position itself within a post modern framework. It consists of two primary narratives set apart in time.

The creative outcome of my Masters Degree is an extract of my manuscript for a novel. The extract is 40,000 words in length and represents approximately one half of the completed novel. Fissure is the title of the novel. It is a novel which is unconventional in relation to the mainstream understanding of what a traditional novel is. Fissure aims to position itself within a post modern framework. It consists of two primary narratives set apart in time.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:46:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leila Maria Mansini Fiamoncine.pdf: 604746 bytes, checksum: 2b3468f3d3a2c923781a7b37b584048e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-02-08 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The aim of this study is to approach the theme of the double in the dialogical appropriation of the myth of Amphitryon by José Saramago, when writing the post-modern novel O Homem Duplicado . Being deeply rooted in the mythological field and reaching the post-modern times, duplicated individuals have been represented under the most diverse forms the counterparts, the twins, the portrait, the reflection in the mirror and pass through time unveiling the individual and social relationships of each period from the ancient comedies up to the contemporary dramas. With such purpose, this essay will present an introductory research about the concept of myth and its use in the ancient times; then, it will present a research about the double and its diachronic literary evolution. Then the myth of the double will be seen both in the ancient myth of Amphitryon and in the novel by Saramago, with subsequent setting up of the relationships between both works. / Esta dissertação busca abordar a temática do duplo na retomada dialógica do mito de Anfitrião, feita por José Saramago no romance moderno O Homem Duplicado. Com profundas raízes mitológicas até chegar ao romance moderno, indivíduos duplicados foram representados em toda a literatura sob as mais diversas formas - os sósias, os gêmeos, o retrato, o reflexo no espelho - e perpassam o tempo desvendando as relações individuais e sociais de cada época, desde as comédias antigas até os dramas contemporâneos. Com este objetivo, o trabalho apresentará, em primeiro lugar, uma pesquisa sobre o conceito de mito e seu modo de utilização à época da antiguidade clássica. Em seguida, apresentará um estudo do duplo e do modo como esse tema é explorado no mito de Anfitrião e, depois, no romance O homem duplicado. Por último são estabelecidas as relações dialógicas encontradas em ambos os textos.