L'ús discursiu de l'insòlit: una anàlisi des de l'inusual de la novel·la Una història és una pedra llançada al riu de Mònica Batet
The discursive use of the non-mimetic: analysing from the unusual the novel Una història és una pedra llançada al riu by Mònica Batet

Summary/Abstract: The object of study of this article is the non-mimetic novel Una història és una pedra llançada al riu (2023) by the Catalan writer Mònica Batet. This text, which presents several ideological readings, received the prestigious Crexells Prize for Narrative. The aim of this academic work is to argue that, for different reasons, this novel borders on the category of the unusual proposed by Alemany Bay. Its contemporaneity with Hispanic fiction assumed as unusual by a large group of researchers partially justifies this closeness. Though, the main reason supporting that claim lies in the discursive use by Batet of elements commonly belonging to different narrative modes of the non-mimetic. As a hybrid creation, the unusual resources employed in the novel contribute primarily to develop an uchronic reality intertwined with a marvellous tale, for finally introducing a allegedly fantastic option.

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