La recepción del efecto personaje en El Sueño del celta de Mario Vargas Llosa

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Supervisors

Fabry, Geneviève

Faculty

Faculté de philosophie, arts et lettres

Degree label

Master [120] en langues et lettres modernes, orientation générale, à finalité didactique

Abstract

enThe aim of this thesis is to study the character effect, a concept developed by Vincent Jouve, in relation to the perception that the reader may have of the protagonist of the novel El sueño del celta by Mario Vargas Llosa, Roger Casement. This work takes up a historical study of the character, since he lived at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, from which it was possible to see that his life was already controversial at the time. Now, before entering into the analysis of the novel, I will start by explaining the concepts I will use in order to explain the character effect (reading, reading, read) while trying to give a definition of the genre of Vargas Llosa's novel, which could lead the reader to use it to judge Casement. I then continue with the theme of Roger Casement's ideology and its evolution before moving on to the next chapter which analyses his sexual orientation in the novel. These two chapters will also be based on a historical study of the facts included in the even-numbered chapters of El sueño del celta. Finally, since it will be deduced that it is indeed a novel, the last chapter of this thesis will focus on the rather fictional aspects of the work with regard to the odd-numbered chapters of El sueño del celta. The conclusion of this work will be a potential judgement of the reader towards the protagonist, pushing the reader in different phases, being able to give a precise or nuanced opinion of this man where a readerly instance can take a more important place in front of the other two.