Essay and fiction as utopic intermittencies

(or the derivatives of poetry in Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Authors

  • Marta Teixeira Anacleto Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/2183-847X_10_19

Keywords:

fiction, essay, Rousseau, borders, utopia

Abstract

In this article, I propose to approach fiction through the essay and the essay through fiction, taking as my point of departure Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s macrotext and the complex convergences between political, philosophical, autobiographical and fictional/epistolary texts. From the analysis side-by- -side of these different modes of writing, and the experimental (utopian) mode through which they dialog formally and ideologically, I proceed to examine the concepts of intermittences/intervals/borders, set forth by the theories of essay and fictional writing, from Montaigne to Rousseau, and to the current day.

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Published

2020-09-28

Issue

Vol. 10 (2020): As palavras (in)visíveis. Estudos para Carlos Reis

Section

Secção Temática

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