El espacio en Contra el viento de Ángeles Caso: entre realidad geográfica y construcción simbólica

Mekkia Belmekki

doi:10.18778/2392-0718.13.10

Authors

Mekkia Belmekki Universidad Ibn Khaldoun de Tiaret, Argelia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8994-511X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/2392-0718.13.10

Keywords:

Ángeles Caso, Against the wind, space, time, fiction, real word, symbolism

Abstract

This study focuses on the configuration of the narrative space in Against the Wind (2009) by Ángeles Caso. We first address theoretical reflections on the novelistic space and then focus on the nature and functions of this element in the novel, and its close relationship with the development of the protagonist and the narrative plot. In this context, we draw on Bakhtin’s theory of chronotope for the insights it provides into literary analysis, particularly the relationship between space and time within the narrative. To justify the symbolic dimensions of space in the novel and its connection with the real world, we will refer to Lefebvre’s theory (2013) and the concept of spatial polarities developed by many theorists such as Lotman. Space in the examined novel is not a passive or neutral element. Rather, it is a dynamic component, rich with meanings and symbols, directly connected to the outside world it references, which enhances the plausibility of the story and enables the reader to explore a context that appears recognizable.

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