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T1 Crisis and Search of Identity: A Postmodernist Analysis of Paul Auster´s Leviathan
A1 Enjuto Pedrero, Clara
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Paul Auster
K1 Leviathan
K1 Postmodernism
K1 Existential Crisis
K1 Identity
K1 Fate
K1 Leviatán
K1 Postmodernismo
K1 Crisis Existencial
K1 Identidad
K1 Destino
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB This dissertation analyses the existential crisis which the character Benjamin Sachs, the protagonist of Paul Auster´s novel Leviathan (1992), undergoes. Being a postmodernist work, the research uses the features of this literary movement as its central axis to study the characterization of the hero. It is structured around two postmodern themes: existential agony to find inner stability and the true identity of the self and the effects of fate and contingency in the development of a vital dilemma. Through a close reading of the passages of the text which deal with the individual under analysis, an insight on his psychology, mentality and concerns will be achieved obtaining a better understanding of Auster´s creation of postmodernist characters.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64090
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64090
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 20-oct-2024