Camilo José Cela's Café de artistas (1953) and the narratological disorder of the story: determinism and optimism

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https://doi.org/10.7203/diablotexto.10.21285

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Determinism, Optimism, Behaviourist realism, Narratological disruptions, Identity fragmentation

Abstract

Café de artistas was first published in number 6th of the collection Novela del Sábado, in 1953. It was a short novel of 64 pages that was modern in more than one sense. Even if the short novel seemed to be chaotic, the reader is able to clearly find the depiction of what goes on the lives of its characters. In this work my final aim is then to show how precisely it’s the lack of narrative order which entails the paradoxical view of Cela’s determinist society. I also want to show, semantically this time, how Cela opts for an optimistic result in this work of 1953.

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María Eugenia Alava, Universidad Isabel I de Burgos

Facultad de Humanidades y CCSS Profesor

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2021-12-24

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Alava, M. E. (2021). Camilo José Cela’s Café de artistas (1953) and the narratological disorder of the story: determinism and optimism. Diablotexto Digital, 10, 7–26. https://doi.org/10.7203/diablotexto.10.21285
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Vol. 10 (2021): THE COORDINATES OF IDENTITY IN HISPANIC CULTURAL PRODUCTIONS

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