Myth and science fiction: an approach to the work of Santiago Páez
From the analysis of the novel De shamanes y reyes by the Ecuadorian writer Santiago Páez, the interrelation between apparently contradictory universes is evident: archetypal characters coming from a society with mythical thought that act and dialogue in a futuristic context; and the coexistence of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/1095 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/1095 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ecuador shamanes mito ciencia ficción novela universo Santiago Páez shamans myth science fiction novel universe |
| Sumario: | From the analysis of the novel De shamanes y reyes by the Ecuadorian writer Santiago Páez, the interrelation between apparently contradictory universes is evident: archetypal characters coming from a society with mythical thought that act and dialogue in a futuristic context; and the coexistence of these universes, in principle opposites, such as that of science and that of ancestral traditions and wisdoms, which is possible thanks to the presence of a mythical conception of the world, of the beings that inhabit it and of the passing of time. In other words, the coexistence of these universes is possible thanks to a shared symbolic reading of the phenomena of the universe. |
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