Abstract

SANABRIA, Carolina. THE INDOLENT MONSTER: THE ANGEL IN «UN SEÑOR MUY VIEJO CON UNAS ALAS ENORMES» BY GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ. Linguist.lit. [online]. 2016, n.70, pp.157-171. ISSN 0120-5587.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.lyl.n70a07.

The current proposal of García Márquez’s short story «Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes» analyzes a monster’s image as a mutation of the representation of the fantastic. Given that the so-called angel falls short of the expectations of people thirsty for miracles, it is not intended to play any negative or positive role. It simply limits itself to appearing, or showing up, strictly in accordance with the monster’s etymology. This way, the initial effects make people realize both a character’s degradation and more so the entire population’s degradation.

Keywords : Gabriel García Márquez; «Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes»; Colombian short story; iconography.

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