Image of a woman sitting on the penumbra of a train. Analysis of the novel Tormento by Benito Perez Galdós

Authors

  • Ramón Moreno Rodríguez Universidad de Guadalajara (México)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/monteagudo.483401
Keywords: Nineteenth-century narrative, Galdós, psychocritical, literary Marxism, Revolution of 1868

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Abstract

From an image (Amparo Emperador sitting in the shadows of a train carriage) I start to make an analysis of the protagonist of the novel Tormento in which I will develop three aspects: the conflict of the psyche between the id and the super-ego, the problematic hero that Lucien Goldmann proposes in his book For a sociology of the novel and the criticism against Spanish society prior to the Revolution of 68 carried out by Galdós. These three aspects reviewed are made from Psychocritics and Marxist analysis of literature.

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Portada número 27
Published
09-03-2022
How to Cite
Moreno Rodríguez, R. (2022). Image of a woman sitting on the penumbra of a train. Analysis of the novel Tormento by Benito Perez Galdós. Monteagudo. Revista de Literatura Española, Hispanoamericana y Teoría de la Literatura, (27), 257–273. https://doi.org/10.6018/monteagudo.483401
Issue
No. 27 (2022): “El traje que vestí mañana”. One hundred years of Trilce (1922-2022)
Section
Miscellanea

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