Subterranean freedoms: heritage and traces in El túnel and The Collector
Keywords:
Sartre, Sábato, Fowles, existentialism, bad faith, freedom.
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to establish the possible literary and philosophical connections between El túnel (1948), written by Ernesto Sábato and The Collector (1963) by John Fowles. In order to accomplish this, motifs and common situations in both novels will be studied with an existentialist philosophical framework, based on the works of Jean Paul Sartre. The main points considered will be the sartrean visions of freedom, love and power. For a more or less clear concept of these ideas, both philosophical and literary works by the French intellectual will be taken into account. The investigation will analyze to what extent the influence of Sartre can be traced in the novels subject to this study, either through direct reference to the philosopher, or through similar recurring leitmotifs.Downloads
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Published
2018-02-07
How to Cite
Arango Vallejo Á. y Botero Camacho M. (2018). Subterranean freedoms: heritage and traces in El túnel and The Collector. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 46, 407-428. https://doi.org/10.5209/ALHI.58815
Section
Young Criticism
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