La sirvienta y el luchador: An Interpretation

Authors

  • Margarita Rojas G. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
  • Flora Ovares Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.1-63.1

Keywords:

Central American literature, Salvadoran novel, war novel

Abstract

This study discusses the fourth novel in the series on the Aragón family, begun by Horacio Castellanos Moya in 2003 and completed in 2013. All the novels refer to the political history of El Salvador since 1944, and nearly all mention one event: the kidnapping and murder of the son of Alberto Aragón, which is finally narrated in La sirvienta y el luchador. This is carried out with an apparent simplicity that hides a skillful manipulation of narrative resources. The textual complexity requires an interpretation which goes beyond historical references and addresses the literary value of the text.

References

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Baile con serpientes (1996), 2ª ed. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2002.

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Desmoronamiento. México, D. F.: Tusquets, 2006.

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Donde no estén ustedes. México D. F.: Tusquets, 2003.

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. El sueño del retorno. México, D. F.: Tusquets, 2013.

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. La sirvienta y el luchador. México, D. F.: Tusquets, 2011.

Castellanos Moya, Horacio. Tirana memoria. Barcelona: Tusquets, 2008.

Chevalier, Jean y Alain Gheerbrant. Diccionario de los símbolos. Barcelona: Herder, 1995.

González, Luis Armando. «El Salvador de 1970 a 1990: política, economía y sociedad», Realidad 67 (1999): 43-61. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5377/realidad.v0i67.4844.

Ronnberg, Ami y Kathleen Martin, eds. Le livre des symboles. Colonia: Taschen, 2011.

Published

2018-04-02

How to Cite

La sirvienta y el luchador: An Interpretation. (2018). LETRAS, 63, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.1-63.1

Issue

Section

Studies on Horacio Castellanos Moya

How to Cite

La sirvienta y el luchador: An Interpretation. (2018). LETRAS, 63, 15-27. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.1-63.1