Chotiudompant, Suradech (2003) Representing the human condition: a comparative study of the works of Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvino. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

The thesis aims to explore the issue of representation and its limits in the works
of
Jorge Luis Borges and Italo Calvin. It focuses on the authors' treatments of
the relationships between representational practices and the constraining limits
of
the human condition
in
perceiving reality.
The introduction aims to discuss the
methodology of the thesis and the theoretical positions of contemporary theorists
regarding these relationships in
order to contextualise and place the thesis in
perspective. The
conflictual tension between representation and the human
condition will then be organised around
five
major themes, i. e.
language,
cognition, hermeneutics,
spatial forms, and games, each of which will
be a
focal
point of a chapter. While the first two chapters set out to describe how language
and cognition prevent humans from
attaining the real
in its absolute state, the
next three chapters will mainly discuss the implications and consequences of the
unattainable real and
human inadequacies. Each of these five
chapters, in its
different
yet
interconnected direction, features an extensive discussion of the
issue of representational limits
and a comparative analysis of what the authors
manage to do in face
of the issue. A final
conclusion will summarise the
similarities and
differences in the ways
both
authors
deal
with the critical
interactions between representation and the limits
of the human condition.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0080 Criticism P Language and Literature > PQ Romance literatures
Official Date:	November 2003
Dates:	Date Event November 2003 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Centre for Translation and Comparative Cultural Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Bassnett, Susan ; Bell, Michael, 1941-
Extent:	350 leaves
Language:	eng

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