Pasado soterrado y ánima reprimida en 'Chac Mool' y 'La muñeca reina'

Cesar Valverde

Pasado soterrado y ánima reprimida en 'Chac Mool' y 'La muñeca reina'

Illinois Wesleyan University

Research output: Journal Article › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Carlos y Filiberto, protagonists of Carlos Fuentes’ short stories “La muñeca reina” and “Chac Mool” are the prototypical existential characters of Latin American literature from the 1950’s. Much like the main character from Juan Carlos Onetti’s “Un sueño realizado,” they are solitary and anguished men unable to act because of their constant questioning and reflecting. They also strive to find an illusory and nostalgic past in a failed attempt to attain redemption, and their search is guided with Jungian psychological models: their repressed inner selfs, their animas , are never able to surface or create unified and fully realized individuals.

Original language	American English
Journal	Hispanic Journal
Volume	23
State	Published - 2002

Keywords

Carlos Fuentes
Latin American literature
Masculinity

Disciplines

Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Latin American Languages and Societies
Modern Literature

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