Autoficción de un gozador de placeres efímeros

In this paper, Manuel Vicent's trilogy, Contra Paraíso, Tranvía a la Malvarrosa and Jardín de Villa Valeria, is described and analysed as a 'biographic autofiction'. These books are usually presented as novels, but they have a close relation with the author's life. So they are in...

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Main Author: Manuel Alberca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de La Plata 2008-11-01
Series:Olivar: Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas
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Online Access:http://www.olivar.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/3095
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Summary:In this paper, Manuel Vicent's trilogy, Contra Paraíso, Tranvía a la Malvarrosa and Jardín de Villa Valeria, is described and analysed as a 'biographic autofiction'. These books are usually presented as novels, but they have a close relation with the author's life. So they are in between a 'fictitious pact' and 'autobiographic pact'. The author faces the double challenge of considering his writings as literary creation and reviewing at the same time his personal and collective past as a mark in the depths of the 'self'. Besides it shows the origin of his learning and apprenticeship as a writer
ISSN:1515-1115
1852-4478