A scientific, ancient version of human nature using analogical play by Juan José Arreola in his Bestiario
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In Latin America we have a tradition of bestiaries, whereby different writers have depicted their way of looking at things. In refer to the Bestiario by Juan José Arreola, one of the most outstanding authors in the gender. His bestiary is an analytical and scrutinizing study of different animals, investing them with human qualities and traits, which serves him as a bridge to ironize about mankind. Some descriptions are similar to the medieval bestiary. Arreola ironizes man with incisive humor. He resorts to Biology and translates its language into a literary one.
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Hernández Loredo, Adriana. “A scientific, ancient version of human nature using analogical play by Juan José Arreola in his Bestiario”. Mitologías hoy, 2012, vol.VOL 5, no. 3, pp. 107-18, https://raco.cat/index.php/mitologias/article/view/273893.
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