In Praise of the Stepmother — cohesion and coherence between texts and textiles

Mario Vargas Llosa’s erotic novel In Praise of the Stepmother (1998) has fourteen chapters and one epilogue — six of them are introduced by a classic piece of art (four are canvas from 15th to 16th centuries, and two from 20th century). However, images are not there to be a visual aid to understand...

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Autor: Pajuelo Lara, Katherine
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/24634
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/lenguaysociedad/article/view/24634
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:cohesión
coherencia
erotismo
texto
textil
cohesion
coherence
erotism
text
textile
coesão
coerência
têxtil
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Sumario:Mario Vargas Llosa’s erotic novel In Praise of the Stepmother (1998) has fourteen chapters and one epilogue — six of them are introduced by a classic piece of art (four are canvas from 15th to 16th centuries, and two from 20th century). However, images are not there to be a visual aid to understand the plot but to be a part of it, in other words, the real characters’ experiences are reflected in the paintings. The real characters prolong their erotic phantasy in the paintings, and breathe life into the characters painted. Under the concepts of cohesion and coherence from text linguistics, we explain that text and textile (canvas) in the novel are linked together and form a coherent plot.