"God is dreaming you": Narrative as Imitatio Dei in Miguel de Unamuno Export

@article{citeulike:1099459, abstract = {The starting point of my essay is a paradoxical claim that the Spanish philosopher, poet and novelist Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) makes—in his essay ” Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho” (1905)—that Don Quixote, Cervantes' character, is more real and authentic than Miguel de Cervantes himself. Then, after discussing this claim and analyzing the implications of an ingenious literary device that Unamuno employed in his fiction ” Niebla” (1914), I will sketch some of the possible philosophical consequences that Unamuno's literary concepts might have on understanding the ultimate identity of the self, and of the nature of human condition in general. The paper is in three parts: 1) the first part is dedicated to discussing the above mentioned paradoxical claim in ” Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho”; 2) the second part deals mainly with Chapter XXXI of Unamuno's ” Niebla”; and 3) in the final part I will deal with Unamuno's insight that the relationship between the self and God is, properly speaking, of the same nature as the relationship between a literary author and the fictional beings he creates. In addition, I will be trying to place Unamuno's insight within a broader context of history of ideas, and to point to some of its far-reaching philosophical implications.}, author = {Bradatan, Costica}, citeulike-article-id = {1099459}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Bradatan.pdf}, journal = {Janus Head – A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Continental Philosophy, Literature, Phenomenological Psychology and the Arts}, keywords = {borges, cervantes, god, narrative, niebla, self, unamuno}, number = {2}, pages = {453--467}, posted-at = {2007-02-10 20:44:29}, priority = {5}, title = {"God is dreaming you": Narrative as Imitatio Dei in Miguel de Unamuno}, url = {http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Bradatan.pdf}, volume = {7}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1099459 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1099459 N2 - The starting point of my essay is a paradoxical claim that the Spanish philosopher, poet and novelist Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) makes—in his essay “Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho” (1905)—that Don Quixote, Cervantes’ character, is more real and authentic than Miguel de Cervantes himself. Then, after discussing this claim and analyzing the implications of an ingenious literary device that Unamuno employed in his fiction “Niebla” (1914), I will sketch some of the possible philosophical consequences that Unamuno’s literary concepts might have on understanding the ultimate identity of the self, and of the nature of human condition in general. The paper is in three parts: 1) the first part is dedicated to discussing the above mentioned paradoxical claim in “Vida de Don Quijote y Sancho”; 2) the second part deals mainly with Chapter XXXI of Unamuno’s “Niebla”; and 3) in the final part I will deal with Unamuno’s insight that the relationship between the self and God is, properly speaking, of the same nature as the relationship between a literary author and the fictional beings he creates. In addition, I will be trying to place Unamuno’s insight within a broader context of history of ideas, and to point to some of its far-reaching philosophical implications. IS - 2 JF - Janus Head – A Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Continental Philosophy, Literature, Phenomenological Psychology and the Arts EP - 467 TI - "God is dreaming you": Narrative as Imitatio Dei in Miguel de Unamuno VL - 7 SP - 453 KW - borges KW - cervantes KW - god KW - narrative KW - niebla KW - self KW - unamuno AU - Bradatan, Costica PY - 2004/// UR - http://www.janushead.org/7-2/Bradatan.pdf ER -