Do you end up becoming yourself? The character David Foster Wallace
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-1124.v0i23p121-133Keywords:
David Foster Wallace, dissimulation, character of selfAbstract
This article proposes a reflection on the literary myth tied to the name David Foster Wallace after the suicide of the author. This reflection elects as a target the version portrayed in The End of the Tour (James Ponsoldt, 2015), a film repudiated by the family and close colleagues of Wallace. At first, I justify the choice of facing DFW as a character. Next, I discuss the key notion of dissimulation in DFW, which elucidates the dilemma between who he claimed to be and the possible character of himself. Finally, I return to the controversy surrounding the mentioned film and I propose the Wallacean dissimulation as a strategy for fiction that praises the ambiguity.
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Referência fílmica
O FIM DA TURNÊ (The End of the Tour). Direção: James Ponsoldt. Produção: Modern Man Films, Anonymous Content, Kilburn Media. Estados Unidos, 2015. 106 min.
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