Las consecuencias de la búsqueda de la utopía en "El mundo alucinante"

• Authors: Mlčoch Jan

Title variants

EN

The consequences of searching for utopia in El mundo alucinante

• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this article is to interpret the novel El mundo alucinante by virtue of criticism of totalitarian regimes which are formulated by its author Reinaldo Arenas. Using the concepts of parody, satire, and allegory, which are typical of postmodern literature, the warnings of searching for a collective utopia are formulated. We arrive at the conclusion that a collective utopia inherently leads to a totalitarian and antidemocratic state and, at the same time, it puts modern democracy at risk.

Keywords

ES

utopía; Reinaldo Arenas; literatura posmoderna; totalitarismo; sátira; parodia; alegoría

EN

utopia; Reinaldo Arenas; postmodern literature; totalitarianism; satire; parody; allegory

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wroclawskiego
• Journal: Estudios Hispánicos
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 27
• Pages: 179-191

Contributors

author

Mlčoch Jan

• Ostravská Univerzita

Identifiers

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.19195/2084-2546.27.16