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La reencarnaciĆ³n de los dioses: Mitopoesis en la narrativa de Horacio Quiroga y Adolfo Bioy Casares
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El propĆ³sito principal de esta investigaciĆ³n fue entender el proceso de mitopoesis, o la recreaciĆ³n de mitos que se sustentan en otros mitos de mayor antigĆ¼edad, en las obras de Horacio Quiroga y Adolfo Bioy Casares. Para ello, se escogieron las novelas El hombre artificial de Quiroga, y La invenciĆ³n de Morel de Bioy Casares. Se analizĆ³ la transformaciĆ³n de la figura mitolĆ³gica Prometeo en un cientĆfico que crea o reproduce un hombre, hasta la evoluciĆ³n final donde el personaje mitolĆ³gico se transforma en mĆ”quina. En segundo lugar, se seleccionaron los cuentos āJuan DariĆ©nā y āMoscas y araƱasā de Quiroga y Casares respectivamente, para estudiar los mitos de la bruja y el hombre lobo. En ambos cuentos se observa cĆ³mo, a travĆ©s de dos brujas, se transforman dos criaturas. En el primero, la metamorfosis ocurre de tigre a hombre, mientras que en el segundo ocurre de hombre a fiera. En el anĆ”lisis de estas obras, se observĆ³ que, aunque los mitos se mantienen esencialmente iguales, la mitopoesis proyecta las ideas de cada escritor y de su contexto histĆ³rico, asĆ como caracterĆsticas de otras religiones y mitologĆas. En dicho anĆ”lisis utilizamos los estudios psicoanalĆticos de Carl Jung sobre la inconsciencia colectiva, asĆ como los estudios de crĆticos como Harry Slochower y Mirce Eliade sobre la mitopoesis.
The purpose of this research is to analyze a sample of works written by Horacio Quiroga and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the rubric of mythopoesis, or the re-creation of myths. First, this work examines what myths Quiroga and Casares use to build their tales. Second, it compares how the original myth evolves in the modernist stories of Quiroga, and how the myth changes in Bioy Casaresā postmodern narrative. It investigates the use of the myth of Prometheus in the novels El hombre artificial, written by Quiroga, and La invenciĆ³n de Morel, written by Bioy Casares. The short stories āJuan DariĆ©nā and āMoscas y araƱas" are also analyzed to compare the myths of the witch and the wolf man. The research revealed that, though the mythical characters retain their essential personalities and basic characteristics, both authors transformed them to include ideas taken from their own historical, social and religious backgrounds. The texts are analyzed with reference to the study of the collective unconscious of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and studies in mythopoesis by critics such as Harry Slochower and Mircea Eliade.
The purpose of this research is to analyze a sample of works written by Horacio Quiroga and Adolfo Bioy Casares under the rubric of mythopoesis, or the re-creation of myths. First, this work examines what myths Quiroga and Casares use to build their tales. Second, it compares how the original myth evolves in the modernist stories of Quiroga, and how the myth changes in Bioy Casaresā postmodern narrative. It investigates the use of the myth of Prometheus in the novels El hombre artificial, written by Quiroga, and La invenciĆ³n de Morel, written by Bioy Casares. The short stories āJuan DariĆ©nā and āMoscas y araƱas" are also analyzed to compare the myths of the witch and the wolf man. The research revealed that, though the mythical characters retain their essential personalities and basic characteristics, both authors transformed them to include ideas taken from their own historical, social and religious backgrounds. The texts are analyzed with reference to the study of the collective unconscious of the psychoanalyst Carl Jung, and studies in mythopoesis by critics such as Harry Slochower and Mircea Eliade.
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2007
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Mitopoesis