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Narratologists define narrative as a chronological series of events, and thus focus on temporality in their definitions of narrative form, neglecting the crucial role that space and spatiality may play in some narratives. In this project, I use cognitive linguists Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to analyze two very different pieces of literature, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, the former a children's story and the latter a postmodern experimental work of fiction. While many narratologists and literary theorists focus on the destabilizing aspects of postmodern fiction and claim that it is "anti-narrative" because it resists assumptions about temporal linearity, conceptual blending analysis reveals that some such texts may be dependent for a feeling of coherence or "storiness" on the very cognitive frames and spatial structures that they deconstruct. The affinity between Saint-Exupèry's and Calvino's works suggests that there may be a particular corpus of texts, which I term "spatialized narratives," that maintain in the mind of the reader their own kind of coherence despite their ostensible non-referentiality or fragmentation — a kind of coherence that lies more in spatiality than in temporality.

Narratologists define narrative as a chronological series of events, and thus focus on temporality in their definitions of narrative form, neglecting the crucial role that space and spatiality may play in some narratives. In this project, I use cognitive linguists Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to analyze two very different pieces of literature, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, the former a children's story and the latter a postmodern experimental work of fiction. While many narratologists and literary theorists focus on the destabilizing aspects of postmodern fiction and claim that it is "anti-narrative" because it resists assumptions about temporal linearity, conceptual blending analysis reveals that some such texts may be dependent for a feeling of coherence or "storiness" on the very cognitive frames and spatial structures that they deconstruct. The affinity between Saint-Exupèry's and Calvino's works suggests that there may be a particular corpus of texts, which I term "spatialized narratives," that maintain in the mind of the reader their own kind of coherence despite their ostensible non-referentiality or fragmentation — a kind of coherence that lies more in spatiality than in temporality.

Narratologists define narrative as a chronological series of events, and thus focus on temporality in their definitions of narrative form, neglecting the crucial role that space and spatiality may play in some narratives. In this project, I use cognitive linguists Fauconnier and Turner's theory of conceptual blending to analyze two very different pieces of literature, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, the former a children's story and the latter a postmodern experimental work of fiction. While many narratologists and literary theorists focus on the destabilizing aspects of postmodern fiction and claim that it is "anti-narrative" because it resists assumptions about temporal linearity, conceptual blending analysis reveals that some such texts may be dependent for a feeling of coherence or "storiness" on the very cognitive frames and spatial structures that they deconstruct. The affinity between Saint-Exupèry's and Calvino's works suggests that there may be a particular corpus of texts, which I term "spatialized narratives," that maintain in the mind of the reader their own kind of coherence despite their ostensible non-referentiality or fragmentation — a kind of coherence that lies more in spatiality than in temporality. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

A comparison of the experiences of Side, Saint-Exupery, and Camus in North Africa and the Sahara Desert, and an assessment of the affect of these experiences on their lives and work. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

Made available in DSpace on 2015-01-26T13:21:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-06-27Bitstream added on 2015-01-26T13:30:24Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000803944.pdf: 1003339 bytes, checksum: 349e330c0a1bbcd0614ab6ef47069aba (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / La recherche présentée a eu le but d’analyser certaines oeuvres d'un des plus grands écrivains français du XXe siècle: Jean Baptiste Antoine Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), mieux connu comme Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Les oeuvres qui composent le corpus du travail sont fortement marquées par la Seconde Guerre mondiale et l'occupation nazie de la France. Pour cela, nous avons abordé son classique Le Petit Prince (1943), avec lequel il a été consacré dans le monde entier, vu sa traduction dans plus de deux cents langues et dialectes, et Pilote de Guerre (1942), tous deux produits à l'étranger, pendant le temps qu'il a été exilé aux Etats-Unis d'Amérique. En outre, publié plus tard, Écrits de guerre (1982) est également la cible de notre recherche, car cet ouvrage rassemble des notes, des articles, des témoignages et des lettres – en particulier Lettre à un otage – qui traitent également des questions liées à la guerre, comme son titre l'indique. Ainsi, on a voulu démontrer comment sa production littéraire réfléchit les questions politiques et sociales de la période en question, soulignant la situation critique de la France à l'époque, ce qui suggère l'interdiction de ses livres au cours de cette phase, considérée comme l'une des plus cruelles de l’histoire de l'humanité. On a réfléchi encore sur les éléments caractéristiques de cette phase de guerre dans la vie de l'auteur, présents dans son écriture, tels quels l’enfance, la responsabilité, l'exil et l'engagement / A pesquisa aqui apresentada teve por objetivo analisar algumas obras de um dos maiores autores franceses do século XX: Antoine Jean-Baptiste Marie Roger de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944), mais conhecido por Antoine de Saint- Exupéry. As obras que constituem o corpus do trabalho são fortemente marcadas pela Segunda Guerra Mundial e pela ocupação nazista da França. Para tanto, abordamos seu clássico Le Petit Prince (1943), com o qual se consagrou mundialmente, já que foi traduzido para mais de duzentos idiomas e dialetos, e Pilote de guerre (1942), ambos produzidos em solo estrangeiro, durante o tempo em que ficou exilado nos Estados Unidos da América. Além disso, mesmo tendo sido publicado posteriormente, Écrits de guerre (1982) também são alvo de nossa pesquisa, já que reúnem notas, artigos, depoimentos e cartas – principalmente Lettre à un otage –, os quais também tratam de assuntos relativos à guerra, como sugere o seu título. Desse modo, buscamos demonstrar de que maneira sua produção literária reflete as questões político-sociais do período em questão, apontando para as circunstâncias críticas da França da época, o que pode ser sugerido pela proibição de seus livros durante essa fase considerada como uma das mais cruéis da história da humanidade. Ainda, refletimos sobre alguns elementos característicos dessa fase da vida do autor, presentes em sua escritura, tais como infância, angústia, responsabilidade, exílio e engajamento / FAPESP: 11/15053-7