Daniel Arrieta    Department   Kyoto University of Foreign Studies  Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies    Position   Associate Professor
Date	2013/10/03
Presentation Theme	Elements of Spanish Picaresque in 'A Confissão de Leontina' by Lygia Fagundes Telles
Conference	International Conferences 90th Aniversary Lygia Fagundes Telles.
Promoters	Center for Brazilian Studies, University of Salamanca
Conference Type	International
Presentation Type	Speech (General)
Contribution Type	Individual
Venue	Salamanca, Spain
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.