Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 41 | 110 | 2018
Research Article | Transformation of Identity in the Basque Narrative of the 20th Century

Transformation of Identity in the Basque Narrative of the 20th Century

Abstract

This article discusses how economic, political and social changes linked to postmodernism have caused a transformation in the subject’s identity in recent Basque narrative. It shows the appearance a new type of postmodern characters. Postmodernity offers a set of tools to analyse the concept of identity and its alteration in narrative, in an attempt to make a global description of current society and postmodernism as a framework in which artistic creations are materialised. This research delves into the postmodern subject in the Basque literary context. Results obtained attest that an identity crisis experienced by main characters corresponds to an identity imbalance that postmodernity generates in Western culture, resulting in a multiple and transitory identity.


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Submitted: Nov. 22, 2017 | Accepted: April 17, 2018 | Published Dec. 11, 2018 | Language: es

Keywords Postmodernity • Postmodernism • Postmodern subject • Identity

Copyright © 2018 Iratxe Esparza. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2018/110/008


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