Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 42 | 111 | 2019
Research Article | «No sin ser deformada puede la realidad exhibir sus enigmas»: Poetics and Writing in the Lyrical Work of J.M. Caballero Bonald

«No sin ser deformada puede la realidad exhibir sus enigmas»: Poetics and Writing in the Lyrical Work of J.M. Caballero Bonald

Through the analysis of a few theoretical and literary texts by J.M. Caballero Bonald, this article highlights the centrality of artistic ‘deformation’ in the author’s poetical conception and, at the same time, his rejection of any kind of mimetic art. This ‘deformation’ – which, upon re-working reality, allows the artist to reveal reality’s hidden face – in Caballero Bonald’s view is the true purpose of literature. Closely linked to it are painting (especially Picasso’s Cubism), the surrealist imagination and baroque aesthetics, all fundamental to his literary opus, which is analysed in this essay without losing sight of concepts such as Labyrinth, Otherness, and Hermeticism, also of great importance in casting light upon Caballero Bonald’s works.


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Submitted: Jan. 20, 2017 | Accepted: Dec. 14, 2017 | Published: June 21, 2019 | Language: es

Keywords Surrealism Caballero Bonald Poetry Barroco Artistic deformation | Deformación artística Literature Baroque Surrealismo Poesía

Copyright © 2019 Maria Josefa Flores. 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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