Leaving fiction: non-literary narratives

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v0i17p329-345

Keywords:

Non-fiction novel, Fiction, Notation

Abstract

Considering the inaugural moment of the novel and the hybridism of contemporary forms that accept non-literary genres as material for their narratives (essays, diaries and notes), this essay aims to investigate the idea of the “non-fiction novel”, a nomenclature present in recent publications, in order to reflect on the dissociation between the modern idea of literature and the concept of fiction. In a commentary on Rodrigo Rey Rosa's El Material Humano, this essay explores the relationship between the use of the first person narrative (whose voice is mixed with that of the author) and the form of the narrative, which seems to be a set of notes for a future production. My purpose is to test the hypothesis that the current invasion of narratives by non-literature presupposes a writing scene in which the subject that tells the story and the elaboration of what is narrated are exposed processually, provoking a change in the status of what we currently understand by literary

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Author Biography

  • Luciene Azevedo, Federal University of Bahia

    Luciene Azevedo é professora de Teoria Literária da Universidade Federal da Bahia. Co-organizou o e-book Autoria e escrita não-criativa (e-galáxia, 2018) e o livro Palavras da Crítica Contemporânea (Paralelo13S, 2017).

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Published

2019-06-19

How to Cite

AZEVEDO, Luciene. Leaving fiction: non-literary narratives. Caracol, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 17, p. 329–345, 2019. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v0i17p329-345. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/caracol/article/view/159132. Acesso em: 7 feb. 2026.