PANORAMA DE LA ENFERMEDAD INFANTIL EN GALDÓS
Antonio D. García Ramos
Resumen
El presente artículo pretende acercarnos a la significación de un prolífico recurso temático en las novelas de Benito Pérez Galdós: la enfermedad y mortandad infantiles, como denuncia vinculada a las carencias y fallas morales de sus progenitores y, en última instancia, como caja de resonancia de la simbólica descomposición de la nación en un nivel individual y social. Asimismo, se subraya el ascendiente de la naturaleza como correctora y fuerza compensatoria de ciertos elementos sociales que desafían sus órdenes.
ABSTRACT
The present article intends to approach us to the meaning of a prolific thematic resource in the novels of Benito Pérez Galdós: childhood disease and infant mortality, as a denunciation related to their parent´s deficiencies and moral faults and, in last instance, as sounding board for the symbolic breakdown at an individual and social level. Likewise, the influence of nature as a correcting and countervailing force of certain social elements that defy its orders is highlighted.
ABSTRACT
The present article intends to approach us to the meaning of a prolific thematic resource in the novels of Benito Pérez Galdós: childhood disease and infant mortality, as a denunciation related to their parent´s deficiencies and moral faults and, in last instance, as sounding board for the symbolic breakdown at an individual and social level. Likewise, the influence of nature as a correcting and countervailing force of certain social elements that defy its orders is highlighted.
enfermedad infantil, teratología, realidad social depauperada, childhood disease, teratology, depauperate social reality
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