Delibes: "Madera del héroe", Names, Christian Saints and The Matter of heroism

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[ES] Este trabajo se propone releer Madera de héroe (antes 377A, Madera de héroe, 1987), de Miguel Delibes, buscando una propuesta constructiva sobre el valor del heroísmo. En la novela pugnan distintas ten-dencias (o tentaciones): una valoración persistente del heroísmo como impostura, la de su nocividad para individuos y sociedades, mientras va cobrando forma la idea, que se consolida al final, del heroís-mo como ejemplo que sólo puede cumplirse a posteriori, al modo de la santidad. El método de análisis atenderá conexiones, repeticiones y resignificaciones dentro del texto, tomando en cuenta las elecciones de nombres, vocablos, frases, y lo que surge de la ironía que posibilitanlas cercanías o distancias de las distintas voces respecto a la materia narrada.[EN] The purpose of this work is reread Madera de héroe (before 377A, Madera de héroe, 1987), by Miguel De-libes, seeking a constructive proposal on the value of heroism. There are conflicting ideas in the novel: a persistent valuation of heroism as an imposture, that of its harmfulness for individuals and societies, while the idea is taking shape, which is consolidated in the end, of heroism as an example that can only be fulfilled posthumously, like the holiness. The method of analysis will address the connections, repe-titions and resignifications in the text, considering names, words, phrases, and the irony that arises from the proximity or distance of the different voices in history

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