El infierno queda al sur

  • Manuel José Botero Camacho
Keywords: Divine Comedy, Borges, Cortázar, Sábato

Abstract

Throughout the article, it is my intention to establish a direct relation between two short stories and a novel, each of them from Argentina, with Italian writer Dante Alghieri’s Divine Comedy. The texts on which this essay is based are: «Las puertas del cielo» by Julio Cortázar, «El Aleph» by Jorge Luis Borges, and Sobre héroes y tumbas by Ernesto Sábato. The relation consists in revealing the journey the main characters take through the same hell that Dante represented in his inferno. Nevertheless, they are of a different kind. In Cortázar’s story the relation is centred on the plot; in Borges’, it is structural; and in Sábato’s novel it is a relation with the subconscious.

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Published
2002-01-01
How to Cite
Botero Camacho M. J. (2002). El infierno queda al sur. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 31, 267-282. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/view/ALHI0202110267A
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Vol. 31 (2002)
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