What is this literature? On the space of ethical openness in the representation of trauma narratives

Authors

  • Paola Sanges Ghetti Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2010v5.e25399

Keywords:

Testimony, Derrida, Blanchot, Nancy

Abstract

The object of the following article is to present an argument in respect of the narrative of trauma. On how to narrate a real traumatic situation and the ethical paper of the writer which narrates situations which were witnessed, giving voice to those who did not survive. Also, to consider questions as to how fear of fiction in all testimony and fiction as an ethical place open to the outsider, basing itself predominantly in the philosophies of Jacques Derrida, Maurice Blanchot and Jean-Luc Nancy.

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Published

2010-01-12

How to Cite

Ghetti, P. S. (2010). What is this literature? On the space of ethical openness in the representation of trauma narratives. Estação Literária, 5, 211–219. https://doi.org/10.5433/el.2010v5.e25399

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Section

Artigos da Seção Livre