Fullness through love:

the deconstruction of a cursed myth in Miguel del Arco's "Juicio a una zorra"

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  • Josefa Álvarez Valadés Le Moyne College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2020333655

Keywords:

Miguel del Arco, Juicio a una zorra, Helen of Troy, Patriarchy, own word, love

Abstract

The present article intends to analyze how Miguel del Arco deconstructs in his work Juicio a una zorra the myth of Helen of Troy, transmitted mainly by the patriarchal tradition, through different ancient sources (Homero, Safo, Gorgias and Euripides among others) and even some contemporary (Helen in Egypt by Hilda Doolittle). We will show how del Arco makes his character a woman who, having been a victim of men, claims the right to tell her own story and to vindicate herself through her own words and her love for Paris.

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Author Biography

  • Josefa Álvarez Valadés, Le Moyne College

    Associate Professor of Spanish

    Foreign Languages and Literartures

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2020-01-18

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How to Cite

Álvarez Valadés, J. (2020). Fullness through love:: the deconstruction of a cursed myth in Miguel del Arco’s "Juicio a una zorra". Tropelías: Review of Literary Theory and Comparative Literature, 33, 111-122. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_tropelias/tropelias.2020333655
Received 2019-05-24
Accepted 2019-12-06
Published 2020-01-18