La violence du bâtard dans deux romans d’Amérique centrale
Born of unknown parents and left in the streets, or born of a peasant woman raped by the landlord’s son - the bastard is, according to Carlos Fuentes, an emblematic figure of the conquest of America; he carries a history of violence. By resorting to that violence himself, and perpetuating it within...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Presses universitaires du Midi
2014-06-01
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| Series: | Caravelle |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/caravelle/882 |
| Summary: | Born of unknown parents and left in the streets, or born of a peasant woman raped by the landlord’s son - the bastard is, according to Carlos Fuentes, an emblematic figure of the conquest of America; he carries a history of violence. By resorting to that violence himself, and perpetuating it within the family circle, the bastard, a central character in the two Central American novels studied here, seems the embodiment of a society based on injustice. |
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| ISSN: | 1147-6753 2272-9828 |