VALLE-INCLAN AND THE INVENTION OF SELF

Trying to differentiate the invented stories from the actual stories about the life of the Spanish writer Ramon del Valle-Inclan (1866-1936) is no easy task. In fact, the writer collaborated actively and intentionally in the process of fable over his personal life. The aim of this study is to analyze the biographies on Valle-Indan, verifying how the author consciously moved himself between the categories biography, autobiography and autofiction. Taking as reference the positioning of Valle-Inclan on the historic event of Carlism, in personal life and in fiction and based on the ideas of Alberca (2007), Arfuch (2010) and Lejeune (2014), Valle-Indan created a fictional narrative for your personal life, serving as a conservative character, extravagant, histrionic. The aesthetics of the esperpento, of your own devising, helps in the process of creating fictional himself.