Alemán, Mateo | Linda M. Willem (essay date 1987)
Linda M. Willem (essay date 1987)
SOURCE: Willem, Linda M. “Variations on Engaño and Honra in the Interpolated Novelettes of Guzmán de Alfarache.” Hispanic Journal 8, no. 2 (Spring 1987): 7-20.
[In the following essay, Willem discusses how Alemán inserts several novelettes into Guzmán de Alfarache to accentuate his overarching themes concerning honor and deceit.]
In general, critical opinion concerning the role of the interpolated novelettes in Guzmán de Alfarache falls into two camps: those who consider them to be significantly linked to the main narrative; and those who see them as extraneous stories which serve the essentially decorative function of providing a diversion from the picaresque adventures while displaying Alemán's virtuosity at affecting a variety of literary styles. Condemnation or praise of the novelettes in consistent with the individual critic's degree of commitment to...
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