Fictions of excess and sacrifice: Roberto Bolaño, Marcelo Mirisola and William Burroughs

Authors

  • Ângela Maria Dias UFF

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v15i28.33097

Keywords:

Melancholy, Trauma, Sacrifice, Al¬legory, Abjection

Abstract

This paper aims to consider the fundamental relationship between melancholy and trauma in today’s artistic and literary life, and to stress the role of sacrifice as a ritual which has been inscribed in the creation process since Modernity. These contemporary frames for aesthetic invention may be processed respectively by allegory and the per­ception of abjection as correlated modes of fictional production. The paper draws on Bataille´s view of sacrifice to discuss the novels of three significant writers: the Chilean Roberto Bolaño, the Brazil­ian Marcelo Mirisola, and the American William Burroughs.

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Author Biography

Ângela Maria Dias, UFF

Professora de Literatura Brasileira e Literatura Comparada da UFF, ex-professora de Teoria Literária da UFRJ, ensaísta e crítica literária. Além de vários artigos em periódicos especializados, publicou recentemente Cruéis Paisagens Literatura Brasileira e Cultura Contemporânea (2007) e organizou, em colaboração com Paula Glenadel, a coletânea Valores do Abjeto (2008).

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Published

2010-06-30

How to Cite

Dias, Ângela M. (2010). Fictions of excess and sacrifice: Roberto Bolaño, Marcelo Mirisola and William Burroughs. Gragoatá, 15(28). https://doi.org/10.22409/gragoata.v15i28.33097

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 28 (2010): Genre and Narrativity

Section

Literature Articles

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