Reflexiones sobre los seres fantásticos en El Criticón de Baltasar Gracián
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Diego Pérez de la Torre, Alba de
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Journal article
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Spanish; Castilian
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text (article)
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2021
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Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro ISSN 2328-1308 Vol. 9, Nº. 2, 2021, pags. 785-795
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From ancient times, the fantastic creatures had cast a deep fascination on humankind. In this paper, we will analyse their influence on Baltasar Gracián, who in his masterpiece, El Criticón, explores the mysterious essence of the fantastic beings as a joint between two interpretations (scientific and religious) and two ways of representation (literary and visual). In order to study the original contribution that Baltasar Gracián offers in El Criticón, we will firstly go through a brief context, which also includes reflections on the «construction» mechanisms of the fantastic beings, to then proceed with several exemplary cases of the creatures that populate his masterpiece