o:535360 Imperiales esperpentos ibéricos As Naus, de António Lobo Antunes, ante Tirano Banderas, de Valle-Inclán es it Lo grotesco, como categoría transtemporal, en la versión contemporánea del grotesco esperpéntico, es el principal tema teórico de este libro. Con una perspectiva comparatista, nos acercamos a la novela As Naus (Las naves), de António Lobo Antunes (1988), a partir de Tirano Banderas. Novela de tierra caliente, de Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1927). Dos obras en las cuales el modo de representación es el grotesco esperpéntico, modo literario deconstructor de los poderes institucionalizados, de la historia oficial y de los héroes canonizados, mediante un proceso de heteromímesis que critica, en contrarrepresentación, los discursos fictivos o ficcionalizantes de los discursos oficiales. The grotesque, as a transtemporal category in its contemporary Iberian version of grotesque esperpento, is the main focus of this book. Through a comparatist perspective, we analyse the Portuguese novel As Naus (or The Return of the Caravels) by António Lobo Antunes (1988) in contrast and comparison to the Spanish novel Tirano Banderas by Ramón del Valle-Inclán (1927). These two literary works embody the esperpéntico grotesque as a mode of representation which deconstructs institutionalized powers, official history and glorified heroes. In doing so, they build a process of hetero-mimesis and introduce a counter-representation of the pretentious or fictionalized narratives of the official historiographies. We analyse As Naus from expressionism and, more precisely, from the esperpéntico grotesque, with all the contextual and relational implications of this decision. The grotesque is perceived not only as a transtemporal category but also as a transterritorial representation mode. Our intention is, above all, to question the concepts and commonplaces of Literary Studies, taking into account our research and teaching experiences. In this pursuit, we attempt to grasp key formative moments of the western Poetics to better understand the place of grotesque literary representation in the hierarchy of representation modes in which solemn, realistic or epic modes have been prevalent until the contemporary era. Throughout this progressive deconstruction and paradigm shift, we always take philosophy into consideration, from Aristotle to Nietzsche, and the relationship between eras such as the Baroque and the Decadence-Symbolisms of the nineteenth century. Along the entirety of this path of gradual nihilification through grotesque artistic representation, metaphor clearly takes a leading role. Utilized and legitimised since the dawn of time, it is reassessed through the esperpéntico grotesque. Literary Theory • Iberism • Novel • Grotesque • Deconstruction • Metaphor • Esperpento 1552099 10.30687/978-88-6969-613-8 1552100 978-88-6969-614-5 1552100 978-88-6969-613-8 2023-10-30T11:08:16.059Z 44 yes 1552095 Pedro Santa María de Abreu application/pdf 30162280 http://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/o:535360 no yes 16 70 UNIVEEDITORIA Edizioni_cafoscari 396 p Biblioteca di Rassegna iberistica 31 Venezia Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press 2023-06-07