“I am the Limit”. Identity and Language Dysfunction in Amras by Thomas Bernhard
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Thomas Bernhard, Identity, Language, Illness, Madness.
Abstract
This paper presents a critical study of the novel Amras (1964), by the Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, relating to two pillars of the contemporary creation and thought: the problem of identity and the problem of language. From a tragic and original perspective, this novel introduces the reader to a possible –or impossible– dialogue between configuration mechanisms of the contemporary subject and verbal language as characteristically human faculty of communication and expression. Taking this into account, from a solid theoretical foundation we have made a concrete analysis of the various textual levels of Amras, seeking to emphasize the importance that this work assumes in relation to contemporary aesthetics.Downloads
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Aznar Pérez M. (2017). “I am the Limit”. Identity and Language Dysfunction in Amras by Thomas Bernhard. Revista de Filología Alemana, 25, 79-91. https://doi.org/10.5209/RFAL.56368
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