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- Title
Reverberaciones de Troya en la novela negra: reescritura y metaficción en City on Fire (2022) y City of Dreams (2023) de Don Winslow.
- Authors
Nisa Cáceres, Daniel; Soldevila, Rosario Moreno
- Abstract
This article analyses Don Winslow's novels City on Fire (2022) and City of Dreams (2023) against the backdrop of the contemporary profusion of Trojan-themed narratives rewriting the Greco-Roman epic tradition. Critical emphasis is placed on the techniques employed to reposition and interweave the mythic material, their actants and reading strata. As a corollary, close attention is paid to the complex metafictional negotiation mainly executed in City of Dreams, especially in relation to the Aeneid, while critically scrutinising the transposition of the love affair between Dido and Aeneas. By resignifying ancient and modern myths, this saga offers a profound reflection on the vectors of Western culture, human existence and literature itself.
- Subjects
FICTION writing techniques
- Publication
Cuadernos de Filología Clásica: Estudios Latinos, 2023, Vol 43, Issue 2, p367
- ISSN
1131-9062
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5209/cfcl.92769