From Schandy to Lísias: An analysis of the play between author, narrator and reader

Authors

  • Willian Vieira University of São Paulo. Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2016.126766

Keywords:

autofiction, fictional status, reading pact, performance

Abstract

This article proposes a theoretical and critical comparison of The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman, by Laurence Sterne and Divórcio, by Ricardo Lísias. It proposes an approximation of the first-person Eighteenth century romance, seen by many critics as a genre satire filled with autobiographical elements, and its contemporary autofictional counterpart, that repeats and exacerbates many mechanisms and elements of the former. The analysis is centered on the reading pact and the suspension of the status of the text.

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Author Biography

  • Willian Vieira, University of São Paulo. Faculty of Philosophy, Languages and Literature, and Human Sciences
    Doutorando do programa de Estudos Linguísticos, Literários e Tradutológicos em Francês da Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Published

2017-05-11

Issue

Section

LAVA

How to Cite

Vieira, W. (2017). From Schandy to Lísias: An analysis of the play between author, narrator and reader. Magma, 23(13), 213-240. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2448-1769.mag.2016.126766