Experiment(ing) on the Double with Julian Barnes
Keywords:
Active readership, double, multilayered narrative, Postmodernism, self
Abstract
The theme of the double has been recurrent in the history of literature. In “Experiment” (1995), Julian Barnes adapts this myth to Postmodernism: multiplicity of voices, reflection on the identity, rewriting of (hi)story, scepticism, irony, experimentation and a need of active readership. Indeed, active readership will be required to see the double but also to dismantle it. For this purpose, this paper analyses the characters of this short story and categorises them following the hypothesis of the neurologist Antonio R. Damasio concerning the construction of the self. The aim of this paper is to deconstruct this short story in order to see how Barnes has been able to create the paradox of a double with only one body and one self.Downloads
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Pomar Amer M. (2011). Experiment(ing) on the Double with Julian Barnes. Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica, 3, 139-150. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_AMAL.2011.v3.37539
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