Donald Barthelme’s The King: The Manifold Guises of (an) American(’s) Memory
Since The King (1990) transposes the Arthurian myth into World War II, this article first aims at analyzing the posthumous novel by Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) as an allohistory staging the meeting of history and memory, two somehow antithetical notions. It also argues that despite the extensive cu...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:framespa_4340 https://doi.org/10.4000/framespa.4340 urn:doi:10.4000/framespa.4340 en https://journals.openedition.org/framespa/4340 2017-03-29T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/gdqn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Donald Barthelme’s The King: The Manifold Guises of (an) American(’s) Memory Les Cahiers de Framespa UMR 5136 – FRAMESPA info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1760-4761 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/framespa Delevallée, Aurélie guerra Barthelme historia/memoria mito del rey Arturo metaficción war Barthelme history/memory arthurian myth metafiction guerre Barthelme histoire/mémoire mythe arthurien métafiction Since The King (1990) transposes the Arthurian myth into World War II, this article first aims at analyzing the posthumous novel by Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) as an allohistory staging the meeting of history and memory, two somehow antithetical notions. It also argues that despite the extensive cultural library that goes into the book’s making and the prominence of the English protagonist and setting, Barthelme fashions an American novel from the myth of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by featuring emblematic American texts: a metafictional illustration of Pierre Nora’s argument that memory is both collective and individual. The King (1990) / Le roi (1992) est une transposition du mythe du roi Arthur pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Cet article vise dans un premier temps à montrer en quoi ce roman posthume de Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) peut être considéré comme une uchronie mettant en scène la rencontre de l’histoire et de la mémoire, deux notions pourtant antithétiques. Cette œuvre renferme de multiples influences et se caractérise par la britannicité de son protagoniste et de la plupart des lieux où se déroule l’action. Ainsi, il s’agit également d’analyser comment, à partir du mythe anglo-saxon du roi Arthur et des chevaliers de la Table Ronde, Barthelme (re)crée une œuvre pourtant profondément américaine parsemée d’échos à des textes américains emblématiques ; illustration métafictionnelle de l’argument de Pierre Nora, selon lequel la mémoire se veut à la fois collective et individuelle. The King (1990) / El rey (1996) es una transposición del mito del rey Arturo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El presente artículo intenta demostrar, en primer lugar, en qué medida esta novela póstuma de Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) puede ser considerada como una ucronía en la cual se representa el encuentro entre historia y memoria, dos nociones percibidas como antitéticas. La obra se compone de varias influencias y es caracterizada por el carácter británico de los escenarios y del protagonista central. Se trata entonces de analizar cómo, partiendo del mito anglo-sajón del rey Arturo y de los caballeros de la Mesa Redonda, Barthelme (re)crea una novela profundamente norteamericana, llena de referencias a textos emblemáticos de la literatura estadounidense. Aparece como la ilustración metaficcional del aserto de Pierre Nora según el cual la memoria es a la vez colectiva e individual. |
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Since The King (1990) transposes the Arthurian myth into World War II, this article first aims at analyzing the posthumous novel by Donald Barthelme (1931-1989) as an allohistory staging the meeting of history and memory, two somehow antithetical notions. It also argues that despite the extensive cultural library that goes into the book’s making and the prominence of the English protagonist and setting, Barthelme fashions an American novel from the myth of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by featuring emblematic American texts: a metafictional illustration of Pierre Nora’s argument that memory is both collective and individual. |
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