The Modernist Worlds of Catalá and Ruelas
Resumen
Rosario Faraudo writes about the Mexican decadent painter Julio Ruelas and the Catalonian prose writer and poet “Victor Catalá” really named Caterina Albert. Since women have repeatedly been related to Nature, it may not be a coincidence that the natural world in Ruelas is barren. He very frequently uses hybridization in relation to feminity, which links him to the general attitude of his time; sphynx, sirens, serpents, cats and vampires abound in late XIX century European art. Catalá uses a similar narrative strategy in defining some of her characters, yet with a different orientation.
Palabras clave: literatura comparada; teoría literaria; modernism; decadentism; symbolism; XIX century poetry; XIX century painting; Julio Ruelas; Victor Catalá;
Faraudo, Rosario. “The Modernist Worlds of Catalá and Ruelas.” Poligrafías: Revista de literatura comparada 2 (1997): 241-250
Editorial
Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
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