Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz

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Autor(a) principal: Bevilacqua, Gilda
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: spa
Título da fonte: História da Historiografia
Texto Completo: https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/840
Resumo: This paper addresses the relations between time and historicity that different kinds of writing can express. Our analysis will focus on W. G. Sebald’s novel Austerlitz (2001), which portrays the search and construction of the origins of a man, Jacques Austerlitz, who, as a child exiled due to the Nazi occupation of Prague, has lost his identity. This novel will allow us to analyze the ways in which our idea of time influences that of history, how these ideas condition writing (be it historiographical or literary), and with which amplitudes a narration can express temporality. As a guide for our analysis, we will use concepts taken from authors such as Hayden White, Reinhart Koselleck, François Hartog and Michel de Certeau. We will also show the contributions Austerlitz offers to the reflection on the modes of construction of knowledge regarding extreme events of the 20th century, such as “the final solution” and the Holocaust, which have been conceptualized by White as “modernist events”.
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spelling Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s AusterlitzEntre el tiempo y la historicidad: reflexiones sobre Austerlitz de W. G. SebaldTimeHistoricityLiteratureTiempoHistoricidadLiteraturaTempoHistoricidadeLiteraturaThis paper addresses the relations between time and historicity that different kinds of writing can express. Our analysis will focus on W. G. Sebald’s novel Austerlitz (2001), which portrays the search and construction of the origins of a man, Jacques Austerlitz, who, as a child exiled due to the Nazi occupation of Prague, has lost his identity. This novel will allow us to analyze the ways in which our idea of time influences that of history, how these ideas condition writing (be it historiographical or literary), and with which amplitudes a narration can express temporality. As a guide for our analysis, we will use concepts taken from authors such as Hayden White, Reinhart Koselleck, François Hartog and Michel de Certeau. We will also show the contributions Austerlitz offers to the reflection on the modes of construction of knowledge regarding extreme events of the 20th century, such as “the final solution” and the Holocaust, which have been conceptualized by White as “modernist events”.En el presente trabajo, abordaremos las relaciones entre tiempo e historicidad que pueden expresar distintas formas de escritura. Nuestro análisis se focalizará en la novela de W. G. Sebald, Austerlitz (2001), que trata de la búsqueda y construcción del origen de un hombre, Jacques Austerlitz, que, siendo un niño judío exiliado por la ocupación nazi de Praga, pierde su identidad. Esta novela nos permitirá analizar las formas en que nuestra idea de tiempo afecta nuestra idea de historia, cómo esas ideas condicionan la escritura (historiográfica o literaria) y con qué amplitudes una narración puede expresar temporalidad. Utilizaremos como guía de análisis distintos conceptos de autores tales como Hayden White, Reinhart Koselleck, François Hartog y Michel de Certeau. Y señalaremos qué aportes nos brinda Austerlitz para indagar en las formas de construcción de conocimiento sobre eventos extremos propios del siglo XX, como la “solución final” y el Holocausto, conceptualizados por White como “acontecimientos modernistas”.Sociedade Brasileira de Teoria e História da Historiografia, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro2014-12-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/84010.15848/hh.v0i16.840História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography; Vol. 7 No. 16 (2014); 138-155História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography; Vol. 7 Núm. 16 (2014); 138-155História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography; v. 7 n. 16 (2014); 138-1551983-9928reponame:História da Historiografiainstname:Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)instacron:UFOPspahttps://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/840/499Bevilacqua, Gildainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2020-05-02T02:38:54Zoai:ojs.www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br:article/840Revistahttps://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revistaPUBhttps://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/oaivaldei354@gmail.com || historiadahistoriografia@hotmail.com1983-99281983-9928opendoar:2020-05-02T02:38:54História da Historiografia - Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
Entre el tiempo y la historicidad: reflexiones sobre Austerlitz de W. G. Sebald
title Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
spellingShingle Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
Bevilacqua, Gilda
Time
Historicity
Literature
Tiempo
Historicidad
Literatura
Tempo
Historicidade
Literatura
title_short Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
title_full Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
title_fullStr Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
title_full_unstemmed Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
title_sort Between Time and Historicity: Reflections on W. G. Sebald’s Austerlitz
author Bevilacqua, Gilda
author_facet Bevilacqua, Gilda
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Bevilacqua, Gilda
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Time
Historicity
Literature
Tiempo
Historicidad
Literatura
Tempo
Historicidade
Literatura
topic Time
Historicity
Literature
Tiempo
Historicidad
Literatura
Tempo
Historicidade
Literatura
description This paper addresses the relations between time and historicity that different kinds of writing can express. Our analysis will focus on W. G. Sebald’s novel Austerlitz (2001), which portrays the search and construction of the origins of a man, Jacques Austerlitz, who, as a child exiled due to the Nazi occupation of Prague, has lost his identity. This novel will allow us to analyze the ways in which our idea of time influences that of history, how these ideas condition writing (be it historiographical or literary), and with which amplitudes a narration can express temporality. As a guide for our analysis, we will use concepts taken from authors such as Hayden White, Reinhart Koselleck, François Hartog and Michel de Certeau. We will also show the contributions Austerlitz offers to the reflection on the modes of construction of knowledge regarding extreme events of the 20th century, such as “the final solution” and the Holocaust, which have been conceptualized by White as “modernist events”.
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História da Historiografia: International Journal of Theory and History of Historiography; Vol. 7 Núm. 16 (2014); 138-155
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