Interior Texts in El amor en los tiempos del colera

KE provides a comment on the power of illusion by means of embedded texts which are a crucial part of the fictional world of the novel. El amor is also a text whose non-mimetic ending subverts its traditional design and in so doing undermines its own affiliation with the parameters of Realism as defined by Erich Auerbach in Mimesis-an interest in photographic representation, a penchant for detailed description, and a grounding of the action within a specific historical period. The fact that Fermina and Florentino, the novel's main protagonists, are allowed to escape their predicament by means of a mythical cruise represents an abrupt change from the mimetic way in which the rest of the novel was developed. Moreover, this poetic conclusion provides a clue to the reader about the possibility of a different readability for this novel. My study

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• A Singular Falsity

  Stefan Mattessich•Modern Language Notes•2008

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