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this essay deals with the fictional use of the shipwreck as a metaphor in eighteenth-century works, such as in daniel defoe%26apos;s robinson crusoe and jean-jacques rousseau%26apos;s emile, as well as in contemporary novels, such as thomas bernhard%26apos;s der untergeher (the shipwrecked), as a pathway to address the transformations of enlightenment thought into what zygmunt bauman has called %26apos;liquid modernity%26apos;. it considers the links between skepticism and tragic thinking, and connects these ideas with insightful and decisive formulations by walter benjamin, in his work on baudelaire%26apos;s poetry and especially in his arcades project. finally, the essay discusses the concept of %26quot;arcades%26quot; an excellent metaphor to approach literature in our time, particularly those novels that can be named %26quot;fictions of disquiet%26quot;.
