Razón y espíritu. Análisis de la dualidad subyacente en el discurso narrativo de Juan Benet

• The narrative discourse of Juan Benet is commonly described as an enigmatic, ambiguous and hermetic discourse that cannot be interpreted in an unequivocal way. The aim of this dissertation is to analyse the effect of such a discourse upon the reader by studying the literary code of the author and the interaction that such a code requieres of a 'model reader' (according to Umberto Eco, a reader who takes notice of the poetics underlying Benet's narrative discourse) in order to reach a meaning. The result of this analysis proves that any tentative mimetic interpretation becomes repeatedly shattered. Instead, we propose a metaphorical interpretation in which Benet's discourse represents the tension between reason and emotion ('geist', 'espíritu') in human condition.

Subject headings

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Litteraturvetenskap (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- General Literary Studies (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur -- Studier av enskilda språk (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature -- Specific Languages (hsv//eng)

HUMANIORA  -- Språk och litteratur (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- Languages and Literature (hsv//eng)

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