Nietzsche, creator of metaphor, aphorisms, essays, narrative and poetry

Abstract

What is there which is particularly alive in philosophical writing that materializes elements and literary genres? To where and to what kind of hybridity does the meeting of writings point? Based on these questions, this paper reflects on the literary writing by the philosopher Nietzsche. We explore the relationship between his metaphorical writing and the considerations about the metaphorical nature of language, elaborated by the philosopher. Besides, we discuss the aphorism and the essays in Nietzsche´s work, his constant overlapping and hybridity, the narrative and poetry embodied in essays and aphorisms as well as the narrative that is poetically built in Thus Spoke Zarathustra.