Sexuality and Being in the Poststructuralist Universe of Clarice Lispector [electronic resource] : The Différance of Desire / Earl E. Fitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fitz, Earl E.

Series:

Texas Pan American series.

Texas Pan American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poststructuralism.

Sex in literature.

Desire in literature.

Lispector, Clarice--Criticism and interpretation.

Lispector, Clarice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Austin [Texas] : University of Texas Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Driven by an unfulfilled desire for the unattainable, ultimately indefinable Other, the protagonists of the novels and stories of acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector exemplify and humanize many of the issues central to poststructuralist thought, from the nature of language, truth, and meaning to the unstable relationships between language, being, and reality. In this book, Earl Fitz demonstrates that, in turn, poststructuralism offers important and revealing insights into all aspects of Lispector's writing, including her style, sense of structure, characters, themes, and socio-political conscience. Fitz draws on Lispector's entire oeuvre—novels, stories, crônicas, and children's literature—to argue that her writing consistently reflects the basic tenets of poststructuralist theory. He shows how Lispector's characters struggle over and humanize poststructuralist dilemmas and how their essential sense of being is deeply dependent on a shifting, and typically transgressive, sense of desire and sexuality.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1. CLARICE LISPECTOR AND THE "WRITING" OF POSTSTRUCTURALISM

Chapter 2 A SEMIOTICS OF BEING: STYLE, STRUCTURE, AND MEANING IN A POSTSTRUCTURAL KEY

Chapter 3 THE EROTICS OF BEING: SELF, OTHER, AND LANGUAGE

Chapter 4 CHARACTERIZATIONS, RELATIONSHIPS, AND STATES OF BEING: FEMININE, MASCULINE, ANDROGYNOUS, AND NONGENDERED

Chapter 5 FROM l'Écriture Feminine TO Littérature Engagée TO WRITING THE (SEMIOTIC) BODY (POLITIC): THE SOCIOPOLITICAL DIMENSION OF LISPECTOR'S Textes

Chapter 6 PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE POSTSTRUCTURAL ANXIETIES OF THE LISPECTORIAN UNIVERSE

CONCLUSION

Appendix 1 THE WORKS OF CLARICE LISPECTOR

Appendix 2 IN-TEXT ABBREVIATIONS

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-235) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-292-73068-3

OCLC:

967537726