A marca da indeterminação

Authors

  • Maria das Graças Gormes Villa da Silva

Keywords:

difference, trace, metaphor, signifier, signified

Abstract

In this study, using Derrida’s notions of différance and trace, we show, in Virginia Woolf’s short story, “The Mark on the WaIl", how the use of metaphorical comparisons and associations of ideas, revealing the representation of subjectivity, establishes the instability of meaning in the narrative.

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Author Biography

Maria das Graças Gormes Villa da Silva

Professora-Doutora de Língua Inglesa e Literatura Inglesa do Departamento de Letras Modernas da UNESP - Araraquara.

Published

2002-12-16

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