Introduction Years ag ina shrew and puri sentence thatharbeen much bandiod about Roland Barthes adtanced that tray texts ad aman foe ed tre abe figure, a anagram, af at nc body Phau of the Pt, 1 As Barer sai weting both a physical and mental process cue the intelli een touts conser it with deaats= inglebviocand behaviors matraly exposed hough the bay. Shad> ‘ing forth how characte fllow + gen tajeory bring eth 2 Consideration ofthe bdy even when sch Suation an nec, Tit ntelecy st not be sen 3 tal aberacton, however, bea the dis dramatized hough the magia whichis shaped nt, by enol exprienc by what Peter Brook tera the complex conscious ‘desires and interdiction that shape unas condone of theme at ‘desing ete” Bay Hark 6) "The desis and interdictions Boks fe to tthe soe to exper- ness as bith~shared by eerone Shared hs expesences aso "ayn four eeption sad ecoleton ofthe. In ter wor, the ingredients shaping our sles a thinking, fling individual are compar, ut the etn mage we ave ofthe word dif acord- ing to how experince x perv: Recast in wring, these perceptions seul in nique projections, Brese wring ithe brinch ofthe ‘imagination and each imagination i deen, the wodd ech weer oreives as unique athe characters chat nab it Thi wy the tnd of Lauramont of Jo Corr sol bea readily recone shlear ther of El Greco oof Fernando Bote sina although we often speak and when saying siting,‘we shoo do in dicing iterate. We have lt ental image of ‘whats Blue Ped Pieawoo Jot Clemente Oroze ort ok ike but ine ides ofthe protrpes case by Henri Beye or Marin Vangat Los. This is because character in the plastic arts visual defied ie terms of mast outline, and olor whereas in tert isconeived in tes of chr Behavior an be x constant and rcogeiable color tmnt adi appret beat hows up ued nto storyline. ‘What Lmeuo wo a thatthe boy in tion tends tobe camoutaged by the action and ur primary repose i othe ater, the satements ‘wich inthe words of Staley ih, "simply reer or simpy report (Si Conuming Arafct, ).Ae Fh espns wo pura, hough pest 2 Bot efeitng ple hr rel phyiognomy which to the opogrepy of the ein? Toten of focusing so much on wha i bring id the anee= hot level, souls we alo be concerned withthe wae of themsches ters ene behind? ‘Shou Herary study be jst as much an anlsi fsuices a of crite? Should be conesived aan exploration ofthe dace hat fier each pag? Afterall a Carlo Ginn point ox knowing "the experience of deipering trace” ("Clues 166). Same might fear hat tesking les and deipherng aces coal take ws Back he kind of id exerci sha pared sacral 1 te ath, Bat et ws remember ‘that he wick torr snd elo by ging more prelenoe to the formulae hat ets than to the tx themes. What Tai) ‘ageing ae tat we hive soa to formulas ba that we consider | the uniguenes of etal soce—the "races an author eae hind, imprint of hi or he en prion, he writing body that became the | ody of writing S “Traveling backto the sources thatthe mri on the page, weal to understand ow ton makes the body signify whe eshing out a the proces, self a body whose symptoms are dramatized ars and Tengngs et into seting, characte and ation Tes this damatina- inhi secondary nd algal lol of sortling thats the sub ject this book. Micontention tht i works of tion areanagras\ ‘the body hen the author intention canbe recovered yaalsng the topography often, athe Bald of English and American sae his type of analysis ag etd in rendering wos suchas Dine rice Hern ead Women Firing Fomine nin marican Pion and Cats 40 gaz bok ia which the enchant Area cata to Eoize fe tine ns rbot to the Gimeight. Hema work on nes ome out of her intr in role casting, role-playing and, neces i ‘the body. Thi interest directs her othe weeping of wring 10 the source om which the word iel ues forth, Ar Roberto Gores Echerai tering Myth and. Acie hs demote, simp ‘eto ny word of any ortwithour considering he question of origin Hl hs the ete cold we not tke the byte account when we rea? How cold we deny tha it poraal ea fan informed by pecepson and peso oaging a pjection diingushing one work of Iriretatonx ‘trate fom anche a it evden that he primal source of wing ‘slo the frst enc of iterate, 2 erm that makes the sping fom hich alton lows bah opaque and iasparnt This book also grows ou of that ellcion and ins t wake the lepague lose round eo te eaneparent by ling intently a the wl ‘pring wing, Often disegarded soueer arte log arti pint ifwe engage i the unveiling of eth which, sys Barthes all marae sepresent, Tut is sought in iterate by journeying bat ford ard baclvard. Teveling forward authors ek ofl fais i ie ay scenario where thei innermort wishes ae acted ot byte, -nckvad othe inne sores for thon ey wishes Maite by & is or ulinene, wit deamaties «dese which Brooks pe go stately the dese for aby that ay sb forse bry the mother, de lst bjt fiftieth Body that the cd rom pays seks eo recente (Boy Merk 2) Since writing tion is del connected wih fllnent, alow that characterization s contingent upon the way author sce ater wish tose themseves Tires noon hat heres and esos wl ‘elany oc plump asa sponse toan deal but that the content pete jn and of nel the tern where urconcows wishes ae acted According sting and poie of iw ned o be approached deter ining fics when exlrng the ots of repeesemion Ie bee at least mach asin characte conduct and ie that we wl nd te specific bly makings which, Brod anges, agely concer he nad te naratv (Bad Hor 26), ‘eh the specific markings that mae the body recognizable are ‘oe vile in modern iterate bease ty, more than ee ans ‘we wing the nore vehicle to projet thei wishes an nee Te ssi takng ther cue ftom prychonnalss, onterporry ters were ington asa vehicle to launder dy linen, Keeping nonetheless seme of modesty, these authors seldom emphaie the il mark othe Inunde even the lnndry vel fr that ter Instead they preset ‘ymbole dramatization whichallides tothe sure dar beste i nts the fn, we determine comedy ht al itrry works dam ivtione ‘eld tothe le of thir authors, we wil have to achnondedge the impossbiliy of divorcing the element of confession fom the ct of voting afc hat would exphin why litrary creation hat ee ede 4 Baby fing ‘herp: Making acuely personal doses can often bring a sens of rele but wha i compulsive about the ned to confi, a wate ele inhibited atthe meine by the very nature ofthe confession? Inhibited to the pont of uatcaciulydnerapoweig hi-ho co ize the eens of the soa tht unsowed, wou contin to frerin ‘iene Insite tos dere tht othe woul eral tafe tat ‘ecret an end ito the printer gies pervert that eno (Geter woud ot eal to eigaine (Ca the ind of wring that mas ir sources provide an sthor with seose of re? Can such wring be bent expesence, owl he ‘pred seret acta perpen ita gain writer nar to serch foc his or er sure of nspzaon? Few have oodered this process a, printing) o poten higher etic dividend out of exponng thir traumas in pubic than Julio Caria, which i why chore to wart iy wm ngiyinto the portale he body with albokat is underbanded Store eres. Ty “undethanded” bec pl arbiguns and manipbaive a8 Condens are ite The ate ambiguous no only becase they portrsy mull alesis but bec the anecdotal lel tera aes other in which te suthors penal abseons ae revealed trough symbol. Conir wosk is parculalysukig because lhough se ‘alng he aay overs is racks To revel hit obsesos, he doce Saute never Mata abou portraying what aed hi be ep his dy ander wrap. Thins why his revltins hae le odo with oki nd bone, The tthe that edn nore on tectonic than on anat= tomy apparent more curios aboot the dy reaonship to it x ‘iroument than about flesh and lod (which, when alr sid an Aone he wat ater ightena). Fortis eso, he avoided lose-ups ‘hat might bring him on close othe skin of revlon, and shied wy ‘om facture an tens that oul sages soit orgs oe Ing ch o ls his penal eps tothe rowing epaai scarce damatize with sch pein. “Thisdoe not mean be wat nat den oiages fragmentation ed Jos. Hower ke man who eos moring hs foo oer te eae ox esc tile rly refining to lok dine, he emily refined fiom making obvious allusions to what he dreaded and a te sae time, mont sought tz bout. Thus he bys ade pint of dying rothe ody pers tithe theboy aril the space rund ration 5