Notes on metafiction, literary theory and philosophy of art in París no se acaba nunca, by Enrique Vila-Matas Cover Image

Notas sobre metaficción, teoría literaria y filosofía del arte en París no se acaba nunca, de Enrique Vila-Matas
Notes on metafiction, literary theory and philosophy of art in París no se acaba nunca, by Enrique Vila-Matas

Author(s): Moisés Moreno Fernández
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara
Keywords: metafiction; literary theory; philosophy of art; Spanish literature; Enrique Vila-Matas;

Summary/Abstract: The literary work of Enrique Vila-Matas has a multiplicity of metaliterary resources that will undoubtedly make it transcend to our time. Specifically, his novel París no se acaba nunca is in itself a living example of a work that reflects on a wide variety of aspects that concern metafiction, literary theory and philosophy of art. Metafiction is a narrative resource deeply consolidated in universal literature and it is part of a discipline such as literary theory. This work proposes the use of the tools of philosophical materialism to analyze the Vilamatian novel about the aspects that metafiction deals with. This research aims to analyze the novel París no se acaba nunca as a work that addresses the main issues of reflection on literature, metafiction and literary theory. It also develops a critical perspective on everything that affects the writing process. Enrique Vila-Matas invites the reader to deal with classic topics that affect literary production, such as intertextuality, fiction and substantivity in narrative texts.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 77-104
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Spanish