Juegos de identidad: Ejemplos de metamorfosis en los cuentos de Silvina Ocampo

• Authors: Poláková Dora

Title variants

EN

Identity games: Examples of metamorphosis in the stories of Silvina Ocampo

• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

EN

One of the key themes in Silvina Ocampo’s short stories is identity, understood as something that is s constantly being formed, that is changing, that is not necessarily stable. The most radical change in identity is metamorphosis. In the article we duscuss different types of transformation that the characters undergo (into plants, animals, another human being or even an inanimate object) and its meaning. The metamorphosis in Ocampo’s texts is not always unwanted; it can also be a path to freedom.

Keywords

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hort story; metamorphosis; identity; freedom; Silvina Ocampo

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 33
• Issue: Special Issue
• Pages: 109-116

Contributors

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Poláková Dora