Ulises y Penélope en Madrid ("Los estados carenciales" de Ángela Vallvey)

  1. M ARÍA J ESÚS P ÉREZ I BÁÑEZ 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

Revista:
Ágora: estudos clássicos em debate

ISSN: 0874-5498

Any de publicació: 2018

Número: 20

Pàgines: 307-329

Tipus: Article

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Resum

The novel "Los estados carenciales" (2002), which provides a portrait of Ulysses and Penelope that breaks away from tradition, is based on a literary game, based on an external parody of the Odyssey and using the characters’ names.The protagonists experience their own odyssey in search of their goal: happiness. The author’s humour and wit doesn’t make us forget that Ulysses, painter and father, and Penelope, a renowned fashion designer, are one the possible embodiments of the mythical archetype