The “truth” at the end of de road: an analysis of the romance everything is illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer, and their fi lm versions by the director Liev Schrieber
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https://doi.org/10.5212/uniletras.v32i1.2536Keywords:
Truth, Narrative, Post-modernism, Foer, Schrieber, Everything is Illuminated.Abstract
This article analyzes the novel Everything is Illuminated, by Jonathan Safran Foer, andits fi lm version directed by Liev Schrieber, focusing on the construction of a “narrative truth”. The
novel develops in three distinct lines that reveal the inner-self of the characters. Its full understanding
is only possible when we analyze these three lines altogether, once they can produce the meaning of
the narrative, unveiling characters’ motivations and understanding of life. The very idea of “truth”
- facts versus their versions - is at stake as the novel’s creation process is exposed. The article tries
to understand how it was possible for a novel so deeply marked by post-modern features – like the
use of different narrative points of view and the discussion of metafi ctional aspects – could be transformed
into a fi lm, and to what extent these aspects are lost or gained new forms when transported
to the big screen.
Key words: Truth; Narrative; Post-modernism; Foer; Schrieber; Everything is Illuminated.
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