Publication: El espacio urbano en la obra de Mircea Cartarescu: historia y metáfora
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2019-07-18
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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El rol preponderante que el espacio y, en especial, la ciudad adquieren en la narrativa actual se refleja de forma cada vez más notoria en los estudios críticos, en los que se deja ver un importante esfuerzo sistematizador. En concreto, en torno al espacio urbano se está desarrollando una importante labor académica (monografías, revistas, congresos...) desde diferentes ámbitos (literario, urbanístico, sociológico, cinematográfico, etc.), que contempla la urbe como espacio plural, polisémico. Este proyecto doctoral pretende sumarse a esos esfuerzos, y aplicarlos a la obra en prosa –fundamentalmente narrativa, pero también de otros géneros como el diario o el ensayo– de uno de los autores más destacados del panorama literario rumano y europeo actual: Mircea Cărtărescu. La literatura de Cărtărescu, en cualquiera de los géneros cultivados, incluyendo la poesía, privilegia la dimensión espacial y, dentro de ella, la ambientación urbana, con Bucarest, ciudad natal del escritor, como núcleo indiscutible. A través de sus textos, desde el comienzo de su trayectoria artística hasta la actualidad, ha logrado hacer de la capital rumana una urbe literaria indisociable de su propio nombre, a la altura de otras ciudades céleberes de las letras universales. Al hablar de la imagen de Bucarest en la literatura de nuestros días la mención a Cărtărescu es ineludible, tanto por la cantidad de escritos que ha dedicado a esta ciudad, como, sobre todo, por la riqueza metafórica y simbólica que ha sabido desplegar en torno a ella. El Bucarest de Cărtărescu es heterogéneo; los elementos y escenarios que lo conforman son a un tiempo estables a través de los distintos textos, y siempre renovados, capaces de ofrecer nuevas y sorprendentes facetas. En él conviven autobiografía, imaginación, sueño, historia…, por lo que analizar el espacio urbano implica prestar atención a cuestiones diversas, desde el onirismo que planea sobre buena parte de sus textos hasta algunos detalles de la vida del autor, pasando por períodos de la historia de Rumanía. Por añadidura, en la construcción urbana entra en juego un amplísimo intertexto, que sobrepasa el ámbito literario y comprende otras artes como la música y, especialmente, la pintura y otras artes plásticas. Asimismo, en la reescritura de la ciudad intervienen rasgos típicos de la literatura del autor, como el juego autoficcional, el afán totalizador o el empleo recurrente de las estructuras fractales. Este trabajo pretende categorizar esa pluralidad de imágenes, planteando la existencia de cinco modelos urbanos que aglutinan y dan sentido a casi todas ellas. Serán estas cinco metáforas o modelos los que estructuren el cuerpo central del trabajo...
The main role that space and especially urban space play in the current narrative is revealed by academic studies, from different areas (Literature, Sociology, Cinematography, Urbanism, etc.), which have increased in last decades and which consider the city as a plural and polysemic space. This dissertation attempts to apply these theoretical approaches to the prose (narrative, essay, diary…) of Mircea Cărtărescu, one of the most important Romanian and European writers. His work distincly privileges a spatial dimension and, more specifically, urban settings. Bucharest, where Cărtărescu was born, is the main space of his writings, both in his poems and in his prose. Therefore, it has become a literary city, comparable to other famous cities of the universal letters. Talking about Mircea Cărtărescu means talking about Bucharest, since Bucharest bears great its metaphoric and symbolic weight in Cărtărescu’s writings. Cărtărescu’s Bucharest is diverse, made of different spaces and elements that remain throughout all his works and, at the same time, offer new images. Autobiography, onirisim, history or metafiction are just some attributes that converge in this urban space and that this dissertation must take into account. In addition, intertextuality, that concerns the literary field as well as other arts, like music or visual arts, is one of the most important features in the configuration of the Cărtărescu’s urban space. The main purpose of this doctoral work is to categorize this multiplicity of connotations, by recognizing five urban models: real city, body city, mental city, dream city and textual city...
The main role that space and especially urban space play in the current narrative is revealed by academic studies, from different areas (Literature, Sociology, Cinematography, Urbanism, etc.), which have increased in last decades and which consider the city as a plural and polysemic space. This dissertation attempts to apply these theoretical approaches to the prose (narrative, essay, diary…) of Mircea Cărtărescu, one of the most important Romanian and European writers. His work distincly privileges a spatial dimension and, more specifically, urban settings. Bucharest, where Cărtărescu was born, is the main space of his writings, both in his poems and in his prose. Therefore, it has become a literary city, comparable to other famous cities of the universal letters. Talking about Mircea Cărtărescu means talking about Bucharest, since Bucharest bears great its metaphoric and symbolic weight in Cărtărescu’s writings. Cărtărescu’s Bucharest is diverse, made of different spaces and elements that remain throughout all his works and, at the same time, offer new images. Autobiography, onirisim, history or metafiction are just some attributes that converge in this urban space and that this dissertation must take into account. In addition, intertextuality, that concerns the literary field as well as other arts, like music or visual arts, is one of the most important features in the configuration of the Cărtărescu’s urban space. The main purpose of this doctoral work is to categorize this multiplicity of connotations, by recognizing five urban models: real city, body city, mental city, dream city and textual city...
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Tesis de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 17/09/2018. Tesis retirada por expreso deseo de la autora