Abstract
In the adolescence, it takes places identity exploration, in which the fundamentals that define the way the individual thinks, feels and acts would be established; or identity confusion, a defined imagine of the mentioned aspects wouldn’t be reached. In this research, we compare Miss Cora by Julio Cortázar and The Lame Pigeon by Eduardo Mendicutti, whose protagonists are two boys who are at the beginning of adolescence and they have other characteristics that set a similar starting point. Both protagonists are discovering a new manner of thinking and feeling and they have their first experience of sexual desire. However, their experiences are hard because their families and the environment that surrounds them don’t accept the change in which they are immersed and both of them suffer to forge an own identity. Miss Cora and The Lame Pigeon reflect the fragility of the construction of the adolescence identity.
Highlights
In the adolescence, it takes places identity exploration, in which the fundamentals that define the way the individual thinks, feels and acts would be established; or identity confusion, a defined imagine of the mentioned aspects wouldn’t be reached
We compare Miss Cora by Julio Cortázar and The Lame Pigeon by Eduardo Mendicutti, whose protagonists are two boys who are at the beginning of adolescence and they have other characteristics that set a similar starting point
Both protagonists are discovering a new manner of thinking and feeling and they have their first experience of sexual desire
Summary
As Mario Vargas Llosa has said, literature tells lies insofar as it refers to facts that have not really happened but which we experience as real, in the sense that literary texts delve into the emotions, thoughts and motivations of those who read them. (Erikson, 1994: 159) According to Mircea Eliade, modern narrative reworks mythical and anthropological patterns from previous stories In other words, it updates essential themes of human nature (in Santa-Cruz, 2009: 39), especially in its Bildungsroman, whose characters are confronted with situations that demand to take action in the face of obstacles (Santa-Cruz, 2009: 40), which symbolically represent the problems people experience in their daily lives. It updates essential themes of human nature (in Santa-Cruz, 2009: 39), especially in its Bildungsroman, whose characters are confronted with situations that demand to take action in the face of obstacles (Santa-Cruz, 2009: 40), which symbolically represent the problems people experience in their daily lives Both Miss Cora and The Lame Pigeon deal with the tortuous first steps of a child towards adolescence. The Lame Pigeon places “emphasis on its character as a territory of becoming” (Fumis, 2012: 1297), that is, on the construction of the protagonist’s identity
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