The Armenia archive. A Ramon Llull project

Abstract

The Armenia Archive is the account of an unfinished inquiry. Centring on a reading of the Vita Coaetanea by the Majorcan philosopher, poet and mystic Ramon Llull (1232-1316), my aim in what follows is to perform a mode of thought at the crossroads between scientific treatise, autobiography, historical document and literary fiction. The archival model of The Armenia Archive refers to a compilation and a process of compiling in which historical, philosophical and poetic lines of inquiry cross one another in changing combinations. This article is the first instalment in a larger work in progress.

Keywords

• invention
• method
• metascholarship
• hybrid fiction
• metaphysical realism