Deconstructing paradise : inverted religious symbolism in twentieth-century Latin American literature /

Deconstructing Paradise investigates fiction by Arlt, Asturias, Borges, Castellanos, Cortázar, Donoso, García Márquez, Garro, Rulfo, Vargas Llosa, and other authors that inverts Christian symbols to generate a social, political, cultural, or even artistic commentary. Each text underscores a searc...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reagan, Patricia E., 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
1900-1999
Latin American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Religion in literature.
Symbolism in literature.
Littérature latino-américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Religion dans la littérature.
Symbolisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Latin American literature
Religion in literature
Symbolism in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction- The search for meaning: symbols, anti-symbols and the center
  • Religions to the margins: spatial reconfigurations in Miguel Ángel Asturias' El señor presidente
  • Caminos of no return: multiple pathways to eternity in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo
  • From the center to the limits of existence in José Donoso's El lugar sin límites
  • Undermining redemption: inverted God and Christ figures
  • Saved with a kiss: figures of betrayal- Judas Iscariot, the priest, and the evangelist
  • Conclusion- All hell breaks loose.

Ejemplares similares