Deconstructing paradise
Subtitle: inverted religious symbolism in twentieth-century Latin American literature
By: Patricia E. Reagan
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781498524711
Subjects: Latin American literature; History and criticism; Symbolism in literature; Religion in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction- The search for meaning: symbols, anti-symbols and the center; title: Religions to the margins: spatial reconfigurations in Miguel Ángel Asturias' El señor presidente; title: Caminos of no return: multiple pathways to eternity in Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo; title: From the center to the limits of existence in José Donoso's El lugar sin límites; title: Undermining redemption: inverted God and Christ figures; title: Saved with a kiss: figures of betrayal- Judas Iscariot, the priest, and the evangelist; title: Conclusion- All hell breaks loose.