Listening to Literature

How does fictional prose dialogue and incorporate musical paradigms in its creation? How can one describe the voice of a fictional character and of a literary style? How could novels be described in analogy with musical and audition patterns? Theories of literacy and orality will be connected to the sense of hearing, aurality, and auditivity. Possible authors: Claude Lévi-Strauss, Derrida, Barthes, Lyotard, W. Ong, Wai Chee Dimock, Carpentier, Cortazar, Rosa, Lispector, Chatwin, Italo Calvino. Readings in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (or in translation).