Desperately Seeking Tristana: The Telling, the Teller and the Told*. Issue 4 (21st April 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Desperately Seeking Tristana: The Telling, the Teller and the Told*. Issue 4 (21st April 2019)
- Main Title:
- Desperately Seeking Tristana: The Telling, the Teller and the Told*
- Authors:
- Longhurst, C. Alex
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Made famous by Buñuel's film version, Galdós' Tristana remains one of the novelist's most controversial works. Critics disagree over whether the two central characters are positively or negatively portrayed, and whether the work is inspired by feminist sympathies or is, on the contrary, an ironic critique of feminist aspirations. We seem unable to locate the message of the novel with any degree of clarity. This article looks succinctly at key aspects of character-portrayal and at the use of an unstable narrator to argue that Galdós has pre-empted any one-sided conclusions, whether psychological or sociological, about the central issues raised by the novel.
- Is Part Of:
- Bulletin of Spanish studies. Volume 96:Issue 4(2019)
- Journal:
- Bulletin of Spanish studies
- Issue:
- Volume 96:Issue 4(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 96, Issue 4 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 96
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0096-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 597
- Page End:
- 614
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-21
- Subjects:
- Benito Pérez Galdós -- Tristana -- 19th Century Spanish Literature -- feminism -- social attitudes
Spanish philology -- Periodicals
Portuguese philology -- Periodicals
Spanish literature -- Periodicals
Portuguese literature -- Periodicals
Spain -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Latin America -- Civilization -- Periodicals
Portugal -- Civilization -- Periodicals
860.5 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/cbhs20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/14753820.2019.1584500 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1475-3820
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- Legaldeposit
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