Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | America: The Tale of a Continent
Chapter | Más allá del ʻinfierno verdeʼ y del ʻparaíso perdidoʼ

Más allá del ʻinfierno verdeʼ y del ʻparaíso perdidoʼ

Paisaje y perspectiva medioambiental en dos novelas amazónicas peruanas

Abstract

The Western view of the Amazon rainforest landscape has been for a long time (and partly still is) functional to the colonial ideology and aimed at its natural resources exploitation. Since the colonial penetration, a whole set of myths was created, which crystallised in two stereotyped and opposed images. On the one hand, the Amazonian landscape as ʻgreen hellʼ; on the other, the forest as the Garden of Eden. This paper will approach the theme of landscape and the relationship between human being and nature through the analysis of two Peruvian novels: Paiche, by César Calvo de Araújo and La virgen del Samiria by Róger Rumrrill, which outline a reflection on environmental problems.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: Feb. 6, 2019 | Accepted: Feb. 26, 2019 | Published May 14, 2019 | Language: es

Keywords Amazonian literature • Paiche • La virgen del Samiria • Environment • Landscape

Copyright © 2019 Stefano Pau. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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