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Lo que desata la tormenta: Historia, ideología y culpa en Nocturno de Chile de Roberto Bolaño

Kane, Martin Francis
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240324964

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Spanish.
This study examines and interprets the historical and ideological realities at play in Roberto Bolaño’s Nocturno de Chile. First, the protagonist’s duties as a priest / literary critic, in conjunction with his unsettling experiences with the Military Junta and the cultural elite during the dictatorship, offer historical parallels that firmly anchor the narrative in the real world context of 20th century Chile. Second, a Marxist analysis of the protagonist’s role as a purveyor of the same ideology espoused by the dictatorship betrays his active involvement in the Junta’s projects. Thirdly, this study traces the protagonist’s attempts to hide his guilt with affirmations that are subsequently revealed as failing to coincide with his own actions and attitudes (past and present). Finally, after scrutinizing these contradictions, the function of the author’s antagonistic alter ego is explained as that which forces the protagonist to ultimately admit what had been denied for so long.
Dr. Patricia Klingenberg, PhD (Advisor)
Dr. Ramón Layera, PhD (Committee Member)
Dr. José Domínguez Búrdalo, PhD (Committee Member)
68 p.
Latin American Literature
History; Ideology; Guilt; Bola&241; o; Chile

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  • Kane, M. F. (2009). Lo que desata la tormenta: Historia, ideología y culpa en Nocturno de Chile de Roberto Bolaño [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240324964

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kane, Martin. Lo que desata la tormenta: Historia, ideología y culpa en Nocturno de Chile de Roberto Bolaño. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240324964.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kane, Martin. "Lo que desata la tormenta: Historia, ideología y culpa en Nocturno de Chile de Roberto Bolaño." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1240324964

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