The second death of Juan Larrea: Testimony through fiction in La Montagne Blanche, by Jorge Semprún
This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the real and the fictional and memory and forgetting in the novel La Montagne Blanche, by Jorge Semprún. It starts with a brief introduction on testimonial literature and how the works of the Spanish writer fit in this genre; accordingly, it discus...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU) |
| Repositorio: | Letras & letras (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.seer.ufu.br:article/51379 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/letraseletras/article/view/51379 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Jorge Semprún Literature of Testimony Memory History Concentration Camps Literatura de Testemunho Memória História Campos de Concentração |
| Sumario: | This paper aims to analyze the relationship between the real and the fictional and memory and forgetting in the novel La Montagne Blanche, by Jorge Semprún. It starts with a brief introduction on testimonial literature and how the works of the Spanish writer fit in this genre; accordingly, it discusses in greater detail its characteristics and its profound relationship with the concepts of reality and memory. The results describe the complex and multifaceted interactions between the real and the fictional and the conflict between memory and forgetting that permeates the novel. This study was based on bibliographical research, with the reading of the novel in question and the theoretical framework needed for analysis. It concludes that the merger of real and fictional in the novel comes from the need to ascribe verisimilitude to the narrative as testimony of a lager survivor. |
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