desire as a transformation principle in Aventuras Sigilosas (1945), by Lezama Lima

Desire as a transformation principle in Aventuras sigilosas (1945), by Lezama Lima

Authors

  • Jesús Armando Gutiérrez Victoria El Colegio de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v15i31.687

Abstract

This paper analyzes Aventuras sigilosas (1945), a collection of poems by José Lezama Lima, through the concept of desire as a structural and dynamic principle in the transformation process to which the protagonist is subjected. In this transit, the complex network of images in sequence, with different symbolic features, has a nuclear function. In order to study this phenomenon, I selected three poems: “Llamado del deseoso”, “El fuego por la aldea” y “El guardián inicia el combate circular”, because they are nodal points in the journey of transformations in this book. After textual analysis, I point out the heterogeneous and integral nature of desire not only as a principle of the sexual sphere but also as a dynamic will of change, related with natural and mythological images as fire.

Keywords: desire, image, transformation, fire, poetry

Author Biography

Jesús Armando Gutiérrez Victoria, El Colegio de México

Grado: Licenciado

Título: Doctorando en Literatura Hispánica

Adscripción: El Colegio de México

Licenciado en Lengua y Literaturas Hispánicas por la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Actualmente cursa el Doctorado en Literatura Hispánica en El Colegio de México. Fue becario de investigación en el Seminario de Edición Crítica de Textos (IIFL-UNAM) y en el Seminario "La configuración de géneros literarios en la prensa mexicana de los siglos XIX y XX" (IIFL-IIB). Editor del libro colectivo Cien años de cultura y letras en Excélsior (UNAM, 2021). Sus principales líneas de investigación son la escritura autobiográfica mexicana del siglo XX, la literatura cubana del siglo XX y la literatura mexicana del siglo XIX. Director de la publicación independiente Irradiación. Revista de Literatura y Cultura.

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Published

2023-01-09

How to Cite

Gutiérrez Victoria, J. A. (2023). desire as a transformation principle in Aventuras Sigilosas (1945), by Lezama Lima: Desire as a transformation principle in Aventuras sigilosas (1945), by Lezama Lima. Valenciana, 16(31), 127–155. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v15i31.687

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No. 31 (2023): Valenciana, enero-junio 2023

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