Confessional Fiction in J. M. Coetzee Works

Summertime and the Reader’s Hesitation

Authors

  • José Valenzuela Ruiz , Académico independiente

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24197/cel.8.2017.393-435

Keywords:

Coetzee, Summertime, cognition, autrebiobgraphy, theory of mind

Abstract

By its autrebiographical nature –or autobiography of the other- and its genuine premise –author is dead-, Summertime presents an ontological contradiction that can cause as a result a significant unease in his readers, unable to distinguish between empirical truth and the Truth in Coetzee’s works. In this paper we analyze narrative mechanisms used by the author to prompt readers’ uncertainty and that are related to several cognitive concepts as theory of mind, empathy or differences in processing a fictional or factual work.

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Author Biography

  • José Valenzuela Ruiz, , Académico independiente

    Jose Valenzuela (Terrassa, 1982) es doctor en humanidades, ingeniero técnico electrónico, ingeniero en automática, máster en ingeniería biomédica, MBA y máster en creación literaria. Ha trabajado como ingeniero de laboratorio en el Grupo de Nanomateriales y Microsistemas de la UAB y en el Grupo de Investigación en Neurociencia Cognitiva (Brainlab) de la UB, y como project manager en el área de innovación del Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron. Actualmente divide su tiempo entre la investigación en literatura y ciencias cognitivas, su trabajo en neurociencia y realidad virtual en el EventLAB de la Universidad de Barcelona y escribiendo en Jot Down Magazine, Revista Leer y en otros medios culturales.

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Published

2017-07-17

Issue

No. 8 (2017)

Section

ARTICLES

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How to Cite

Confessional Fiction in J. M. Coetzee Works: Summertime and the Reader’s Hesitation. (2017). Castilla. Estudios De Literatura, 8, 393-435. https://doi.org/10.24197/cel.8.2017.393-435