Universität zu Köln

Lodi, Enrico (2015). Lo que sé de los hombrecillos de Juan José Millás: la ficción psicótica de la sociedad perfecta. In: El pueblo de Europa y su voz en el espacio cultural europeo: ¿Quién es el pueblo? – ¡Nosotros somos el pueblo!, pp. 117-128. Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika.

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Abstract

This short essay deals with literary representations of identity and of social reality, especially in relation to the novelistic works published by the Spanish writer Juan José Millás. The article is divided into three parts. The first section is dedicated to a general overview of the new perspectives brought by the contemporary ‘linguistic turn’ in culture, which is currently considered as the product of different discourses and not as an ontological datum. The postmodern condition, on the other hand, is described as the age in which it has become radically difficult to rely on such ideas as “nation” and “people” for the construction of personal identity. The second part of the article identifies Millás’ poetics as an excellent example of describing the neurotic symptoms produced by the urban way of life in Western communities. Millás recognizes the separateness between language and material reality as the origin of the subject's isolation, especially in contemporary life. Finally, the third part handles with Lo que sé de los hombrecillos, the last novel by Millás, in which we witness a significant switch from neurosis to psychosis in the mind of the protagonist who offers us a distorted realisation of his idea of community and plenitude.

Item Type:	Book Section, Proceedings Item or annotation in a legal commentary
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Lodi, Enrico UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Wentzlaff-Eggebert, Christian mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Traine, Martín mail-aspla(at)uni-koeln.de UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-68269
Title of Book:	El pueblo de Europa y su voz en el espacio cultural europeo: ¿Quién es el pueblo? – ¡Nosotros somos el pueblo!
Volume:	13
Page Range:	pp. 117-128
Date:	2015
Publisher:	Universität zu Köln, Arbeitskreis Spanien - Portugal - Lateinamerika
ISSN:	1438-6887
Language:	Spanish
Faculty:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Zentrale Forschungseinrichtungen > Zentrum für Lateinamerika
Subjects:	Romance languages French Geography and history
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Pueblo, nación, psicología social, identidad, Juán José Millás, crítica social, literatura española, posmodernidad Spanish
Related URLs:	Organisation
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/6826