Chapter VIII: The Male Cinderella and Other Motifs: Palacio Valdés's José.

Chapter 8 of the book "Contrapuntal Method for Analyzing Spanish Literature" is presented. It discusses the motif of the novel "José" by Palacio Valdes. It regards the hero in such novel as a male Cinderella. In a typical folktale, the unpromising hero is usually helped by an old man, which is the s...

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Publicado en:Contrapuntal Method for Analyzing Spanish Literature pp. 190 - 217
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Publicado: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1988
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Sumario:Chapter 8 of the book "Contrapuntal Method for Analyzing Spanish Literature" is presented. It discusses the motif of the novel "José" by Palacio Valdes. It regards the hero in such novel as a male Cinderella. In a typical folktale, the unpromising hero is usually helped by an old man, which is the same as what happened in the story of Jose. The main character has two older half-sisters who mistreat him which resembles the nature of Cinderella's stepsisters.