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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823771303321

Autore

Reagan Patricia E. <1979->

Titolo

Deconstructing paradise : inverted religious symbolism in twentieth-century Latin American literature / / Patricia E. Reagan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2472-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 pages)

Disciplina

860.9/382

Soggetti

Latin American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Religion in literature

Symbolism in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.