Title
Of social machines and human gears. Prison, the abject and the perverse in El sexto by José María Arguedas
Other title
De máquinas sociales y engranajes humanos. La cárcel, lo abyecto y lo perverso en El sexto de José María Arguedas.
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Department of Spanish Literature and Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature.Universidad de Valladolid
Abstract
This article studies El sexto (1961) by José María Arguedas. Our objective is to show how in the diegesis of this novel it is proposed that capitalism uses the prison and some of the inmates locked up in this place to subdue, control and punish those who dare to oppose their influence in Peru. In this sense, it is not just a prison novel, which evokes a particularly heartbreaking experience, but a political text that highlights the strategies, instruments and mechanisms used to break the will of the individuals insurrected to said system.
Start page
503
End page
529
Volume
11
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Estudios de literatura general
Economía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85087051324
Source
Castilla Estudios de Literatura
ISSN of the container
19897383
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus