The art of time : Levinas, ethics, and the contemporary peninsular novel /

Ethics, or the systematized set of inquiries and responses to the question "what should I do?" has infused the history of human narrative for more than two centuries. One of the foremost theorists of ethics during the twentieth century, Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) radicalized the discipli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Molinaro, Nina L., 1960- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Lévinas, Emmanuel > Ethics. Spanish fiction > 20th century > History and criticism. Ethics in literature. Other (Philosophy) in literature. Generation X > Spain > Attitudes. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Spanish & Portuguese. PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French.

Table of Contents:

A Note on Translations
One. Ethics, Alterity, and Levinas
Two. Spain's Generacion X
Three. Repeating the Same Violence or the Failure of Synchrony: Veo Veo, El frio, and Mensaka
Four. The Betrayal of Diachrony: El secreto de Sara, Anatol y dos mas, and Tocarnos la cara
Five. Diachrony and Saying: Arde lo que sera, Sentimental, and La fiebre amarilla
Afterword.