Citation

Rodriguez S. Revista Chilena de Literatura 2018; (98): 327-352.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018)

DOI

10.4067/S0718-22952018000200327

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Diabulus in musica (2001) by Espido Freire (Bilbao, 1974) offers a "musical hell" where music becomes an object of displeasure and a channel for the Kierkegaardian "sickness unto death", anguish. In addition to music, Espido Freire develops other transtextual resources as Nordic mythology, the painting Saint Georges and the dragon by Paolo Uccello and the tragicomedy El caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega. She plunges us onto a peculiar game of mirrors where nothing is what it seems to be: (dis)affection confuses the fate and the identity of the characters, bound to suffering and, finally, to suicide. In order to explain these aspects, we develop an interdisciplinary methodology, especially through the use of narratological, philosophical and sociological sources. © 2018 Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Filosofia y Humanidades, Departamento de Literatura. All Rights Reserved.

Language: es

Keywords

Suicide; Music; Anguish; Diabulus in musica; Espido Freire