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Las ironías clásicas y modernas en El río del Edén de José María Merino
Pol Popovic Karic | Tecnológico de Monterrey
In the novel El río del Edén by José María Merino, the reader learns about the life experiences of Daniel
and Tere. This paper analyzes three stages in their lives: the camping trip, the period before the birth of their son Silvio and the
consequences of his medical condition on his parents. These critical moments have been seen from the ironic perspectives of classical and
contemporary philosophers: Socrates, Cicero, Kierkegaard, Muecke, Glicksberg and Robbe-Grillet, among others. The concept
eiron vs alazon, dissimulation, humor and incoherence are the theoretical tools that permitted this
study to bridge the gap between the literary text and the philosophical approaches to irony.
Keywords: Spanish novel, José María Merino, irony, Socrates, Kierkegaard
Article outline
- Introducción
- Alazon y eiron
- La disimulación y la verdad
- La inversión de pápeles
- Conclusión
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Bibliografía
Article language: Spanish
Published online: 22 December 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.20028.pop
https://doi.org/10.1075/rro.20028.pop
References
Bibliografía
Ballart, P.
Hutcheon, L.
Kierkegaard, S.
Quintiliano
Robbe-Grillet, A.
Thirlwall, C.