The Art of Survival: A Textual Analysis of Clarice Lispector’s The Fifth Story
The Art of Survival: A Textual Analysis of Clarice Lispector’s The Fifth Story
Author(s): Agnieszka Gabor-da SilvaSubject(s): Short Story, Other Language Literature, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Clarice Lispector; short story; literary awareness; metanarrative; survival;
Summary/Abstract: The present paper proposes a textual analysis of Clarice Lispector’s short story titled The Fifth Story (A quinta história). The short narrative was published in 1964 in the collection The Foreign Legion (A legião estrangeira) and is an example of Lispector’s intense fascination with the creative process. In addition, the story discusses the idea of survival, which, in my view, is vividly and visibly reflected in the metanarrative presented by Lispector. Finally, the unusual structure of The Fifth Story undeniably draws attention to the complexity of Lispector’s poetics.
Journal: Wielogłos
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 41
- Page Range: 107-118
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English