Title: Deconstructing paradise : inverted religious symbolism in twentieth-century Latin American literature /
Authors: Reagan, Patricia E., 1979-
Year: 2016
Subjects: Latin American literature History and criticism.; Religion in literature.; Symbolism in literature.; Latin American literature.; Religion in literature.; Symbolism in literature.
Contents: 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.