Gothic Echoes in “Bezoar” by Guadalupe Nettel
Abstract
Based on previous works, I will perform a Gothic reading of Guadalupe Nettel’s short story “Bezoar”. Through the concept of the unreliable narrator, I will argue that the character Víctor is not an independent figure in the story but rather an imaginary product of the narrator’s sick psyche. I will support this idea by comparing the character Dr. Murillo with the character Dr. Moreau from H.G. Wells's Gothic novel The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896). I will analyze then a characteristic motif of the Gothic genre: the figure of the double and its relationship with the Unheimlich. To do this, I primarily rely on Freud's comments on the subject. I will conclude with proposals for future analyses. 1. Introduction 2. Victor, the Result of a Sick Psyche 3. Dr. Murrillo and Dr. Moreau 4. Double, Splitting and Unheimlich 5. “My Favorite Genre Was Still the Fantastic Tale Leaning Towards Gore and Horror”.
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