Terenci Moix or Memories for Posterity

Abstract

The study of the three volumes of El Peso de la Paja demonstrates the way in which Terenci Moix manages to create a new image of himself. More than an autobiography, we can speak of "egobiography" whose writing is used to repair the pain that manifests itself in the imagination. Moix uses this ideal self in his writing and does everything in his power not to respect the codes and to identify himself with a statue of signs that has to ensure his narcissistic triumph. This study asks where does the autobiography end and where does the anthology begin? This question refers to the coherence of the Moixiano thought system. Moix's personality, self-taught, could make us think of a dispersion of the media image that the author wanted and that he worked on in various television programs. The self-mythification that is the thesis that supports this study, is present in all of Moix's works. All his production is sustained by an imaginary whose treble clef is idealization, the dream of a mythical world. Moixian memories can be defined as a sounding board that amplifies the movements of the human soul that find their expression in the writing of a personal imaginary.