CHAPTER II: A MEXICAN BILDUNGSROMAN: LAS BUENAS CONCIENCIAS.
A literary criticism of the book "Las buenas conciencias," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It asserts that in the novel, there is a contrast between the efforts made by the characters to construct an independent identity and repressive forces that thwart those attempts. It finds a predominance of th...
| Publicado en: | Lifting The Obsidian Mask: The Artistic Vision of Carlos Fuentes pp. 27 - 48 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | A literary criticism of the book "Las buenas conciencias," by Carlos Fuentes is presented. It asserts that in the novel, there is a contrast between the efforts made by the characters to construct an independent identity and repressive forces that thwart those attempts. It finds a predominance of the past over the present, the family over the individual, and the inanimate and abstract over the human. An overview of the story is given. |
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