THE READER CHARACTER AND THE INVASION OF THE FICTIONAL IN «DEMETRIO », BY JULIO RAMÓN RIBEYRO, AND «THE CASE OF THE UNFAITHFUL TRANSLATOR», BY JOSÉ MARÍA MERINO

Chávez R.M.R. · Brumal (2022) · DOI: 10.5565/rev/brumal.778

Resumen

In modern literature, the reader character has been fundamental to expose and problematize the place of fi ction within reality; and this acquires greater relevance in fantastic literature when exploring the limits that separate one from the other. Therefore, two stories are analyzed in the present work: «Demetrio», by Julio Ramón Ribeyro, and «The Case of the Unfaithful Translator», by José María Merino. The protagonists of these stories are reader who approaches a text in such a particular way that it manifests fantastic properties, affecting progressively the characters in question. In order to expose its peculiarities, we will examine each story individually focusing on the reader character and the fantastic consequences of his linkage with the text; in addition, we will analyze the manifestation of terror in light of the invasion of the impossible in both works.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos