El realismo comunicativo de Lu Xun y Cervantes, una visión social y literaria

  1. Zhang, Yanfu
Supervised by:
  1. María Jesús Casals Carro Director

Defence university: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Fecha de defensa: 29 June 2021

Committee:
  1. Joaquín María Aguirre Romero Chair
  2. Manuel Fernández Sande Secretary
  3. Miguel Ángel del Arco Bravo Committee member
  4. María Angulo Egea Committee member
  5. Antonio López Hidalgo Committee member

Type: Thesis

Abstract

This research work proposes the analysis and comparison between the meanings and symbolisms of the literary realism of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Alcalá de Henares, September 29, 1547 - Madrid, April 22, 1616) and Lu Xun (Shaoxing, September 25, 1881 - Shanghai, October 19, 1936, considered the creator of modern Chinese literature). The two authors lived at different times and in two very distant countries. This immense remoteness is not only produced by distance and time but also because both writers represent very different cultural and political systems, as well as the history in which they are based. However, there is something that unites or can at least relate Cervantes and Lu Xun: the two created literary works that meant the breakdown of current literary traditions to open new paths in the literary narrative of their societies...