The kaleidoscope in Spanish literature

 

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Autor: Cuvardic García, Dorde
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data wydania:2018
Opis:The purpose of this article is to carry out an historical overview on the functions that the kaleidoscope, an optical device invented by the Scottish David Brewster in 1817, has acquired in Spanish literature. This term, instead of being integrated into fiction, it is employed, specially by narrators and characters, as a metaphor or analogy –as a hiper-icon of human visual perception functioning as well as imagination (mental images), according to W.J.T. Mitchell. Texts from Antonio Gil de Zárate, Serafín Estébanez Calderón, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Benito Pérez Galdós, Miguel de Unamuno and Julio Llamazares are analysed and interpreted.
Kraj:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instytucja:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Język:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/33031
Dostęp online:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/kanina/article/view/33031
Słowo kluczowe:Caleidoscopio
literatura española
hipericono
cultura visual
imagen mental
percepción
Kaleidoscope
Spanish literature
hiper-icon
visual culture
mental imagery
perception