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Refiguring universalisms

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Refiguring universalisms
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the case of three postmodern spanish novels
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Ben
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1978-
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Ben Arenger
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Jorge
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Josephine
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Josephine Labanyi
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - New Brunswick
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This dissertation seeks to understand why novels of the post-Franco period have engaged with the theme of universality. The project traces the evolution of the terms “universal,” “universalism” and “universality” in the twentieth century, and explains the ways in which postmodernist fiction and literary theory have criticized these notions for their tendency to assert master narratives at the expense of marginalized cultures. Although their association with imperial discourses has contaminated universalisms, it is argued that three metafictional novels by authors Bernardo Atxaga, Enrique Vila-Matas, and Javier Cercas attempt to move beyond the particular by affirming the interconnectedness of humans and nonhumans. Drawing on ecological theory and continental philosophy, this project engages a close reading of the primary texts and concludes by proposing new cosmological understandings of selfhood. It is shown that Atxaga, Vila-Matas, and Cercas highlight literature’s capacity to forge new networks of relationship between humans, nature, material objects, and historical influence.
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Spanish
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Postmodernism (Literature)--Spain
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Universalism
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by Ben Arenger
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ETD doctoral
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Ben
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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Access to this PDF has been restricted at the author's request. It will be publicly available after May 31st, 2017.
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