La noche boca arriba y otros relatos by Julio Cortázar
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Con respecto a el relato de ¨La noche boca arriba¨: en realidad, ¿cuál es el ser real; cuál, el soñado? Y, todavía más importante: si un hombre sueña a otro hombre pero no está seguro de quién es él, si el soñado o el real, ¿podemos establecer con seguridad un límite tajante entre realidad y fantasía? Esa es, precisamente, la idea, la concepción de mundo que Cortázar nos quiere transmitir: ¿cómo podemos saber que no estamos soñando si no despertamos?The ambiguous nature with which he presents the events in the story illustrate the natural intermix of dreams and reality within the human mind, and the oftentimes difficult act of distinguishing between the two realms. The vivid imagery continues to engage the reader with synesthesia, drawing the reader into the story with descriptions of numerous senses and creating a subtle fantastic element to the story. Cortazor continues to manipulate the audience through continuous shifts back to the modern world; descriptions of the lush Aztec marshes are interspersed, or interrupted, with momentary returns to the hospital as the narrator receives medical attention or nourishment, before soon drifting back into the dreamscape. With the temple scenes and the ceremonial execution ritual taking place, the narrator comes to terms with his inevitable death at the hands of the Aztecs, while seemingly coming to terms with the true dreamscape, that of the modern world. Cortazar skillfully juxtaposes these two realms, and in doing so, creates a fantastic-marvelous story, as throughout the story there is uncertainty between the two worlds within the story. As the story progresses, the uncertainty only grows; numerous parallels are drawn between the two worlds. You are commenting using your WordPress.
I highly recommend you read the story for yourself. This lapse indicates in many ways a relapse of Latin American culture into their deep roots. The injured motorcyclist feels comfortable in his modern, western culture just as the Latin American world itself is decorated with the trappings of western civilization. However, Latin America has a dual heritage, one native and the other foreign. The motorcyclist experiences both of these influences and heritages combat for his consciousness. Ultimately the most forceful and powerful bloodline wins him over.
Tags: active learning , close-reading , group work. In the prose unit, for example, the students are required to learn the standard elements of a plot: exposition, development, suspense, turning point, climax, and denouement. When he is drugged for an operation, we enter his dream world, which becomes a parallel storyline. The parallel storylines at first simply seem to provide a dual opportunity to chart plot. And so, for the first twenty minutes of the class, the students are placed in small groups students each during which they complete the provided worksheet. I then write the plot elements on the board and have them come up and fill in their various ideas. As a class we discuss and come to conclusions about their differing answers regarding exposition, development, suspense and turning point in both storylines.
Two ways of reading “La noche boca arriba”
La Noche Boca Arriba. Julio Cortazar. And in certain epochs they would go to hunt enemies;. They called this the war of flowers. The sun filtered through the tall buildings downtown and, because he needed no name to think, he got on the machine savoring the excursion.
On the jewelry store at the corner he read that it was ten to nine;he had time to spare. The sun filtered through the tall downtown buildings,and he--because for himself, for just going along thinking, he did not havea name-he swung onto the machine, savoring the idea of the ride. Themotor whirred between his legs, and a cool wind whipped his pantslegs. He let the ministries zip past the pink, the white , and a series of stores on the main street, their windows flash ing. Now he was beginning the most …show more content….
Libros de suspenso y amorlifewritten by Julio Cortázar
[I] pp. 177 - 189
Summary:
An unnamed man is in the modern world, riding his motorcycle through town. He swerves out of the path of a woman crossing the street, but as a consequence, goes unconscious. Fue como dormirse de golpe. (178) When he comes to, he realizes he is bloody, his knee is hurt, his right arm is in pain, and his eyebrow has a large gash. He is taken to the hospital, where a hombre de blanco approaches him con algo que le brillaba en la mano (180)...
He is in a strange dream, with fragrances. Y todo era tan natural, tenía que huir de los aztecas que andaban a caza (hunt) de hombre, y su única probabilidad era la de esconderse en lo más denso de la selva […que] los motecas conocían (180). He stands there, nervous from unexpected sounds around him, clutching his stone dagger. When he smells the smell he fears most, he wakes up with a fright.
He just wakes up, and finds himself thirsty and in a cast. He has la fiebre (182), allowing him to fall in and out of consciousness.
He is again in confusion, but soon realizes that la guerra florida había empezado for tres días y tres noches (183). He kills some enemies that attack him, but is eventually caught with a rope.
The patients at the hospital are convinced it is la fiebre, but it is more. The blurred line between reality and dream continues: se oía toser, respirar fuerte, a veces un diálogo en voz baja (184), ¿Quién hubiera pensado que la cosa iba a acabar así? (184). He then feels like he has been transported through time and space: tenía la sensación de que ese hueco, esa nada, había durado una eternidad. No, ni siquiera tiempo, más bien como si en ese hueco él hubiera pasado a través de algo o recorrido distancias inmensas (185).
He awakens on his back, naked and tied in ropes. He hears the rituals of the aztecas and knows he is ascending the steps of the sacrifice. He knows he will be carried to the top where he will be sacrificed. He wishes this recurring dream will end.
He sits in the hospital, glad that he is awake. Yet he cannot manage to keep his eyes open; he sleeps and returns to being tied up, about to have his heart ripped out. At this point, he realizes that his “dream” is actually his reality; when he is about to die, ahora sabía que no iba a despertarse (188). Alguien se le había acercado con un cuchillo en la mano, a él tendido boca arriba, a él boca arriba con los ojos cerrados entre las hogueras (188-9). He dies.
Translation:
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Themes:
-desdoblamiento y dualidad de ser
-la tenue línea entre lo real y lo ilusorio
-el cuento fantastic del siglo XIX y siglo XX