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Time and Memory in Milan Kundera’s A Ignorância
| Summary: | This study aims to contribute to an analysis of time in Milan Kundera's novel "A Ignorância," based on the concept of the novel as a time configurator, according to the theoretical perspectives of Benveniste (1978), Oliveira and Lopes (1995), and Fonseca (1992; 1996). Thus, deictic elements were analyzed to highlight their contribution to creating an alternative world, rooted in the fictionality of the act of reference itself, through the transposition of enunciative coordinates from a "here/now" to a "there/then." The narrative illustrates how the main characters experience events based on a repository of knowledge and experiences—memory. The characters bring past moments into the present, making them current. However, as each one recalls only fragments of their lived experiences, the "common memory" they bring into an interaction act presents differences, leading to significant communicative misunderstandings. |
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| Main Authors: | Silva, Cláudia Alexandra Moreira da |
| Subject: | Deixis Tempo Memória Tempos verbais Deixis Time Memory Verb tenses |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | unknown |
| Associated institution: | Universidade do Porto |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Redis: Revista de Estudos do discurso |
| Summary: | This study aims to contribute to an analysis of time in Milan Kundera's novel "A Ignorância," based on the concept of the novel as a time configurator, according to the theoretical perspectives of Benveniste (1978), Oliveira and Lopes (1995), and Fonseca (1992; 1996). Thus, deictic elements were analyzed to highlight their contribution to creating an alternative world, rooted in the fictionality of the act of reference itself, through the transposition of enunciative coordinates from a "here/now" to a "there/then." The narrative illustrates how the main characters experience events based on a repository of knowledge and experiences—memory. The characters bring past moments into the present, making them current. However, as each one recalls only fragments of their lived experiences, the "common memory" they bring into an interaction act presents differences, leading to significant communicative misunderstandings. |
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