Il nome proprio: appunti su un’ontologia dell’autofinzione

With his six volume
autobiography Min kamp (My Struggle), Karl Ove
Knausgård has asserted his stance of putting absolute authenticity against
fiction. In the final book, in the chapter Navnet og tallet (ʺThe name and
the numberʺ), he strays from the autobiographical narration and opens a
narrative space for diverse reflections. There he insists on the power of the
name, which brings truthfulness and strongly connects the bearer to their
identity.
In the following article, I meant to further develop Knausgård’s conclusions
and question his train of thought in relation to autobiography as the power
of identification raised by the proper name fails to establish a connection
between the narrating “I” and a “you”/“other” entity. Following these
speculations, Knausgård’s autobiography appears not to create a
multifaceted/plural perspective and stands as an individual/singular account.
Finally, Knausgård’s Min kamp fails to grasp to an outright authenticity
and emerges as just another piece of fiction.