Daniel Arrieta    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Language	Spanish
Publication Date	2014/12
Type	Book(s)
Invitation	Invited paper
Title	Elements from Spanish Picaresque in 'Leontina's Confession", by Lygia Fagundes Telles
Contribution Type	Single author
Journal Type	Another Country
Publisher	In Relectura de Lygia Fagundes Telles. São Paulo: MacKenzie & University of Salamanca Publishing
Volume, Issue, Page	pp.105-116
Total page number	13
Details	The Lazarillo de Tormes, anonymous and around 1554, supposes the inauguration of a literary genre - that of 'the picaresque' - that would have to have continuations and epigones for at least a century. Elements of the genre such as the apparently autobiographical narrative of a character of low social extraction, the chronological account of his life since childhood, the succession of different masters with evolution of the character, as well as the justification of a life without honor or "a case", plus the denunciation or social criticism, will serve as a basis for comparing the classic Castilian book with the short story "A confisión de Leontina", by Lygia Fagundes Telles, initially published in 1949. The concept of intertextuality, understood as "everything that puts it in relation, manifest or secret, with other texts" (Genette 1982: 7) will be used.