Roberta Giordano
University of Salerno, Spain
Volume 2, Number 3, 2010 I Download PDF Version
DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v2n3.07
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the key aspects of the “grotesque” interpretation proposed by José Rafael Pocaterra in Los Come-muertos for the theme of emigration. Pocaterra has traced an alternative route, probably deeper than it was made until that moment, rooted in the conviction that literature, necessarily realist, could, with satire and the distortion of human characteristics, not only lay bare human spirit, but above all, awake the dormant conscience of people. Keep Reading