Bartleby & co. - a postmodern novel

V diplomski nalogi z naslovom Bartleby & co. – postmodernistični roman bom skušala dokazati, da je roman Enriqueja Vila-Matasa z naslovom Bartleby & co. res postmodernistični roman ter da tako vsebinsko kot tudi formalno zadošča določilom postmodernizma. Diplomsko delo najprej osvetli življenje ter delo avtorja romana in pa osnovne značilnosti obravnavanega dela, kot so koncept romana, njegova zgradba, pripovedovalec in protagonist. Ker je pri procesu določanja, ali neko delo je postmodernistično ali ne, neizogibno predstaviti značilnosti obdobja, glavne teoretike ter glavna določila za postmodernistična dela, se vse naštete stvari nahajajo v diplomski nalogi. Poleg tega naloga vsebuje kratko predstavitev postmodernizma v Španiji, saj gre za španskega avtorja, na katerega je domače okolje do neke mere zagotovo vplivalo. Pri dokazovanju, da je Bartleby & co. res postmodernistični roman, se bom osredotočila na pojavljanje metafikcije in intertekstualnosti v romanu, kako je predstavljen odnos do resnice in fikcije ter predstava sveta skozi podobo labirinta, mreže, ogledala in knjižnice. Predstavljen bo krajši pregled, kako se skozi roman kaže koncept konca velikih zgodb ter mešanja literarnih vrst. Opisana bo tudi tema romana, predstavljena skozi vidik postmodernizma.The thesis Bartleby & co. – postmodernistični roman (Bartleby & co. – A Postmodern Novel) discusses the theory which states that the novel Bartleby & co., written by Enrique Vila-Matas, qualifies as a postmodern novel. The focus will be on its content and form and how they coincide with the norms of postmodern literature. The first part of the thesis deals with the author\u27s biography and his works, as well as the fundamental characteristics of the aforementioned novel, such as it\u27s concept, structure, the narrator and the protagonist. In order to discuss whether a certain literary work can be referred to as postmodern, the characteristics of this period, its main critics and norms must also be presented. A short presentation of postmodernism in Spain is included, since the environment of his home country has definetly had a noticable effect on Enrique Vila-Matas. When trying to prove that Bartleby & co. truly is a postmodern novel, I will focus on the metafiction and intertextuality of the novel, the presentation of the relationship between reality and fiction, as well as on the presentation of the world through the images of a labyrinth, a net, a mirror and a library. The thesis briefly examines the concepts of the \u27end of great narratives\u27 and mixing different literary genres in the novel. The theme of the novel, represented through the postmodern aspect, will also be presented