Torres, Luis A.Bedoya Ponte, Victor2018-05-302018-05-302018-05-22http://hdl.handle.net/1880/106719This thesis examines the short fiction published by Chilean writer José Donoso (1924-1996) in his late years. Through the idea of desire, as defined by Gilles Deleuze and Guattari in their L’ Anti-Œdipe, I show how the characters in Donoso’s short stories (Tres novelitas burguesas, Cuatro para Delfina, and Taratuta. Naturaleza muerta con cachimba) experience the wish of being something else (since desire lacks unity and direction, they want different things: social mobility, artistry, sophistication). Their world also lacks a center and therefore the repetition and the difference (Deleuze), is the norm. I also question whether, since Donoso still uses the word ‘identity’, he can be considered a postmodern author; I compare this to the interpretation of Latin America as essentially hybrid (Néstor García Canclini); and I attempt an alternative reading (based on the “trans-modernity” of Enrique Dussel) to understand why Donoso keeps using notions that postmodernism has deemed obsolete.spaUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.IdentityDesirePosmodernismDonoso, JoséDeleuze, GillesEducation--Language and LiteratureLiterature--Latin AmericanPhilosophyHispanic American Studiesdoctoral thesis10.11575/PRISM/31964