Urban space and aquatic imagery in Juan Villoro´s Materia Dispuesta.

Reception: July 15, 2015Accepted: October 11, 2016.Material images —in the sense that Gaston Bachelard understands them— play an important role in the imagery dimension that space acquires in Mexico City; that is to say, the way the four elements are configured serves to a great extent to shape the...

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Autor: Di Biase Castro, Elisa T.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Nueva revista de Filología Hispánica
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.nrfh.colmex.mx:article/3106
Acceso en línea:https://nrfh.colmex.mx/index.php/nrfh/article/view/3106
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mexico City
material images
Juan Villoro
Materia dispuesta
water
Ciudad de México
imágenes materiales
agua
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Sumario:Reception: July 15, 2015Accepted: October 11, 2016.Material images —in the sense that Gaston Bachelard understands them— play an important role in the imagery dimension that space acquires in Mexico City; that is to say, the way the four elements are configured serves to a great extent to shape the identity of this hipermetropolis. Juan Villoro, one of the contemporary writers most closely linked to the Mexican capital, is very sensitive to this material dimension. His novel Materia dispuesta interprets the material aspect of the city in terms of a Bildungsroman. The main character and the city undergo a synchronic evolution: their meanings and their bodies intertwine. This study addresses the aquatic imagery in the novel.