%0 Journal Article
%T TITLE: Memory, Solitude, and Death in La hoja roja (The Red Leaf), by Miguel Delibes. T赤TULO: Memoria, soledad y muerte en La hoja roja, de Miguel Delibes
%A Agust赤n Cuadrado Guti谷rrez
%J Castilla : Estudios de Literatura
%D 2011
%I 
%X ABSTRACT: The seventh novel written by Miguel Delibes, "La hoja roja" (1959) is branded by a recognizable individual style in which is found a double compromise that can＊t be easily separated: human 每preoccupied with the creation of voracious and intimate characters每 and geographical 每by utilizing his native Castile, both urban and rural, as the setting for his stories. With the objective of achieving the highest degree of credibility regarding the characters of his novels, Delibes makes use of various narrative techniques, among which it is important to mention one in particular: the fact that his characters have memories. This characteristic, together with the description of with the practices of their everyday lives, contributes to create individuals with a personal past as well as a present where interaction with the rest of the characters results crucial. Paradoxically, within the numerous and varied critical approaches to Delibes＊ work, the topic of memory has never been considered as the central element in the investigation, although there are instances in which it is obliquely mentioned. Through these particular stories, that interweave the lives of the principal and secondary characters, Delibes recovers a collective memory as he narrates the present. In the author＊s particular vision one can read the direct relationship between solitude and death as a warning on the precarious condition in human relationships in Spain＊s society in the fifties, where the main pathology is solitude.. RESUMEN: S谷ptima novela escrita por Miguel Delibes, "La hoja roja" (1959) est芍 marcada por un reconocido estilo propio donde se puede distinguir un doble compromiso de dif赤cil separaci車n: humano 每preocupado por crear personajes veraces y entra ables每 y geogr芍fico 每que utiliza su Castilla natal, la rural y la urbana, como escenario de sus historias每. Con el fin de alcanzar una amplia cota de credibilidad en cuanto a los personajes de sus novelas, Delibes se sirve de diversas t谷cnicas narrativas, entre las que cabe destacar una en particular: el hecho de que sus figuras aparecen dotadas de recuerdos. Esta caracter赤stica, unida a la descripci車n de sus pr芍cticas cotidianas, contribuye a conformar individuos con un pasado propio as赤 como con un presente donde la interacci車n con el resto de los personajes resulta fundamental. Parad車jicamente, en las numerosas y variadas aproximaciones cr赤ticas a la obra de Delibes, el tema de la memoria nunca ha sido considerado como elemento central de la investigaci車n, aunque en ocasiones aparezca mencionado de refil車n en alg迆n estudio
%K KEYWORDS: Miguel Delibes
%K The Red Leaf
%K Memory
%K Solitude
%K Death
%K Spain
%K Social Novel. PALABRAS CLAVE: Miguel Delibes
%K La hoja roja
%K memoria
%K soledad
%K muerte
%K Espa a
%K novela social.
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