ПОСТМОДЕРНИ РЕАЛИЗАМ У ДЕЛИМА ХАВИЈЕРА МАРИЈАСА
POSTMODERN REALISM IN THE NOVELS OF JAVIER MARÍAS

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the basic theoretical assumptions which are important for defining postmodern realism. In the introductory, theoretical part we are considering the concepts of realism and postmodernity and their manifestations in Spanish literature. We present the theoretical overview and description of the characteristics of postmodern realism. Then we define the selected corpus, which consists of two novels of Javier Marías, A Heart So White and Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me. The objective of this study is to observe and discuss common features of postmodern realism in the selected corpus, such as fragmentation, hybridity, intertextuality, referentiality, self-reference, and also to find common themes and characteristics of the main characters so as to analyze the relationship between fiction and the author. In order to make them fully presented and explained, the analysis of these common features relies on examples from the works themselves. At the end, we can conclude that there are characteristics of postmodern realism in the novels of Javier Marías and that we shall consider him as a representative of this tendency in Spanish literature.

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