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Edited book | The Admiration of All Mankind
Chapter | Motivos quijotescos y metaficción cervantina en el «Tríptico del carnaval» de Sergio Pitol

Motivos quijotescos y metaficción cervantina en el «Tríptico del carnaval» de Sergio Pitol

Abstract

Specialised critics have dealt extensively with the influence that Mikhail Bakhtin had on Sergio Pitol through the concept of carnival. They have neglected, however, the aesthetic debt that the Mexican writer owes to Miguel de Cervantes. This kind of influence can be seen not only in the quixotic topics recreated in Pitol’s production but also in his metafictional conception. This article offers an approach to the narrative series called “Tríptico del carnaval” – perhaps the most popular by Pitol – and explains some of Cervantes’s metafictional strategies, such as the breaking of the fourth wall, autobiographical fiction, and parodic intertextuality.


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Submitted: Feb. 8, 2021 | Accepted: June 21, 2021 | Published Dec. 1, 2021 | Language: es

Keywords Sergio Pitol • Metafiction • Tríptico del carnaval • Don Quixote

Copyright © 2021 Luis Carlos Salazar Quintana. 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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