Childhood as a primeval absolute in the novels El mercurio, El río de la luna y Esta pared de hielo by José María Guelbenzu

Alpha (Osorno) 57:119-136 (2023)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Resumen Este artículo analiza la construcción de la infancia en las novelas El mercurio (1968), El río de la luna (1981) y Esta pared de hielo (2005), de José María Guelbenzu, a la luz de los conceptos mítico-simbólicos de Bachelard y Durand para demostrar que funciona como un absoluto primigenio al que se busca volver constantemente, pues resguarda a los personajes hasta el inminente choque con la realidad adulta. Esto para concluir que desde la adultez los personajes observan la infancia con el anhelo de volver allí, lo que tiene una función paliativa mediante la memoria y la palabra, por ello, la narrativa de Guelbenzu plantea regresar al ámbito infantil desde las imágenes literarias y así conservar ese mundo de fantasía. Abstract This article analyzes the construction of childhood in the novels El mercurio (1968), El río de la luna (1981) and Esta pared de hielo (2005), by José María Guelbenzu, in the light of the mythical-symbolic concepts of Bachelard and Durand to demonstrate that it functions as a primitive absolute to which it is sought to return constantly, since it protects the characters until the imminent clash with adult reality. This to conclude that in their adulthood the characters observe childhood with the desire to return there, this has a palliative function through memory and word, therefore, Guelbenzu’s narrative proposes the return to the child environment trough literary images to preserve that world of fantasy.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 91,475

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Ficciones conceptistas. [REVIEW]Jose Fernández Leost - 2006 - El Catoblepas: Revista Crítica Del Presente.
Partir da inf'ncia ou a arché do pensamento.Carla Patrícia Silva - 2019 - Childhood and Philosophy 15:01-28.
”A past that has never been present”: The Literary Experience of Childhood and Nostalgia.Niklas Salmose - 2018 - Text Matters - a Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture 8 (8):332-351.
The Black Tom-Cat.[author unknown] - 2006 - Philosophy 81 (1):1-2.

Analytics

Added to PP
2024-04-09

Downloads
11 (#1,128,105)

6 months
11 (#230,668)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references