"En la orilla" de Chirbes y la imagen del padre después de Kafka
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Universidad de Salamanca
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ISSN: 1132-2373
Year of publication: 2020
Issue Title: La escritura como estuario de la crítica. Textos in honorem Túa Blesa
Issue: 7
Pages: 1176-1188
Type: Article
More publications in: Tropelias: Revista de teoría de la literatura y literatura comparada
Abstract
On the Edge, by Rafael Chirbes, has been acknowledged as the great novel about the Spanish 2008 economic crisis. In this paper, nevertheless, the novel is analysed from an original perspective, that of the relationship between a father and his son, since the story is built upon the bond that ties Esteban and his father. In order to do so, the novel is compared to Kafka´s heartrending Letter to His Father. From this new point of view, Chirbes’ novel reaches a universal value. In addition, it´s important to study the narrative point of view, that moves from homodiegetical to heterodiegetical in order to make the father´s story trustworthy.