Baker, EM;
(2020)
Writing as 'Compearance' in Diário da Queda by Michel Laub.
Bulletin of Latin American Research
, 39
(2)
pp. 255-268.
10.1111/blar.12998.
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Abstract
Diário da Queda (2011) by Michel Laub has been described as autoficção (autofiction), the Brazilian translation of the concept coined by Serge Doubrovsky to describe the narrative working‐through of trauma through fictional autobiography. This article re‐examines the definition of ‘autofiction’ and argues that Laub's narrative process more closely resembles Jean‐Luc Nancy's notion of a singular voice ‘compearing’ experiences in a process of ‘sharing’ that, when combined with touch and affection can – according to the novel – more successfully help to overcome trauma. At stake are questions regarding the inheritance of Holocaust memory, as well as its politicised deployment in contemporary conflicts.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Writing as 'Compearance' in Diário da Queda by Michel Laub |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1111/blar.12998 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/blar.12998 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Bulletin of Latin American Research published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society for Latin American Studies. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | autofiction, Brazilian literature, Holocaust, Jean‐Luc Nancy, memory studies, Michel Laub |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10084050 |
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