El acapulcalipsis en Cacapulco: humor grotesco y apocalipsis en Cristóbal Nonato de Carlos Fuentes

This paper analyzes the humorous rewriting of the apocalyptic discourse in Cristóbal Nonato (1987) by Carlos Fuentes. The revolutionnary utopia of the traditional apocalyptic discourse is questionned through the novel’s radical scepticism. However, Mexico’s scatological and grotesque portrait, subme...

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Published in:Caravelle (1988) 2015-06, Vol.104, p.193-207
Main Author: Brigitte Adriaensen
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
(post)apocalypsis
Carlos Fuentes
Cristóbal Nonato
Mexico
the grotesque
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Summary:This paper analyzes the humorous rewriting of the apocalyptic discourse in Cristóbal Nonato (1987) by Carlos Fuentes. The revolutionnary utopia of the traditional apocalyptic discourse is questionned through the novel’s radical scepticism. However, Mexico’s scatological and grotesque portrait, submerged by garbage and excrements, does not prevent literature to fulfill a redemptive function in a postapocalyptic society where the end is no longer imminent but immanent (Kermode).
ISSN:1147-6753
2272-9828
DOI:10.4000/caravelle.1665