Sarrionandia’s Literary Exile: The Art of Fugue
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Authors
Eizagirre Telleria, Nerea
Issue Date
2024
Type
Dissertation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Basque Literature , Counterpoint , Edward Said , Exile Literature , Sarrionandia , Transculturation
Alternative Title
Abstract
This dissertation, titled “Sarrionandia’s Literary Exile: The Art of Fugue,” investigates the intricate dynamics of literary expression and exile in the works of the renowned Basque author Joseba Sarrionandia. Given the extensive literary oeuvre of the writer, this research delineates the corpus of the period from 2001 to 2010, during which the author resided in his Cuban exile in Havana. From this period, the works selected for analysis are those that have received the most recognition, including Lagun izoztua published in 2001 (The Frozen Friend), Kolosala izango da in 2003 (It Will be Colossal), and Moroak gara behelaino artean? in 2010 (Are We Moors in the Mist?). The main body of the dissertation consists of a literary analysis of the aforementioned works, grounded in theoretical concepts situated at the intersection of exile and literature. The concepts of counterpoint as coined by Edward Said and the dialectic of exile articulated by Sophia A. McClennen play a significant role throughout the research. Other notable conceptual frameworks include the Ovidian and solar paradigms of exile developed by Claudio Guillén, Paul Ilie’s notion of inner exile, Fernando Ortiz’s transculturality, and Aimé Césaire’s theory of the choc en retour of the imperial past.