Myth, fantasy and magic in Gente del mundo, by Alberto Chimal

  • Luis Alberto Pérez-Amezcua Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
  • Ricardo Sigala Gómez Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
Keywords: Myth-criticism, contemporary Mexican literature, sermo mythicus, fantastic literature, Alberto Chimal.

Abstract

This article explores the way in which Mexican writer Alberto Chimal uses the sermo mythicus in his book Gente del mundo to practice a fantastic literature or an imagination literature that appeals to mythological memory. It is concluded that such a literary strategy as the one of the usage of a symbolic field strategically and intimately related with that sermo result both effective for the establishment, in the text, of a restorative mythopoetic statute in contemporary society.

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Luis Alberto Pérez-Amezcua, Universidad de Guadalajara (México)

Profesor investigador de tiempo completo titular A

Departamento de Artes y Humanidades

Centro Universitario del Sur

Ricardo Sigala Gómez, Universidad de Guadalajara (México)

Profesor investigador de tiempo completo titular B

Departamento de Artes y Humanidades

Centro Universitario del Sur

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Published
2018-06-15
How to Cite
Pérez-Amezcua L. A. y Sigala Gómez R. (2018). Myth, fantasy and magic in Gente del mundo, by Alberto Chimal. Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica, 10, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.5209/AMAL.58791
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