Alienation in El circo del deseo, by Cirus Piedra

Authors

  • Sigrid Solano Moraga Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-66.3

Keywords:

alienation, otherness, Postmodernism, contemporary Costa Rican narrative

Abstract

This paper explores the construction of the characters as alienated beings in a chaotic city, found in short stories from El circo del deseo (2009), by Cirus Piedra. It also addresses narrative techniques supporting the representation of chaos in the space where the characters are inserted. It is concluded that due to the urban context, the characters are narratively developed according to “types” (without identity qualities), and with their otherness, they represent rupture with society, according to their degrading actions and disturbed relationships.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15517/dre.v4i2.6281.

Published

2019-08-25

How to Cite

Alienation in El circo del deseo, by Cirus Piedra. (2019). LETRAS, 66, 75-89. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-66.3

Issue

Section

Literary Studies (Estudios literarios )

How to Cite

Alienation in El circo del deseo, by Cirus Piedra. (2019). LETRAS, 66, 75-89. https://doi.org/10.15359/rl.2-66.3