Looking into the patriarchal world of Roald Dahl's short story "Taste" through and beyond its narrator
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Roald Dahl, relatos para adultos, narradores y focalizadores, género, claseResumen
Este artículo reflexiona sobre la presencia de los narradores en las historias cortas para adultos de Roald Dahl, de manera especial sobre aquellas en las que la narración está en boca de alguno de los propios personajes. Tras subrayar la presencia de elementos comunes a estas narraciones, mi propósito es analizar la presencia del narrador en uno de sus relatos más conocidos, “Taste”, y mi principal hipótesis es que un análisis cuidadoso de su presencia enriquece en gran medida la lectura. Si bien la narración corre a cargo de un personaje secundario, cuyo papel en el desarrollo de la acción podría considerarse mínimo, su participación como narrador/comentador del relato permite abordar cuestiones de identidad, ya sea de género o clase; es más, el concepto de mirada de John Berger se muestra como un elemento muy útil para develar las simpatías del narrador con una sociedad regida por parámetros patriarcales y clasistas.Descargas
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