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Florida International University

2011

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La Kábala Dentro Del Discurso Contemporáneo Y Urbano: El Ejemplo De Marcos Ricardo Barnatán, Janet Otero Toledo Oct 2011

La Kábala Dentro Del Discurso Contemporáneo Y Urbano: El Ejemplo De Marcos Ricardo Barnatán, Janet Otero Toledo

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation analyzes the relationship between several mystic Sephardic texts called the Kabalah which include the three basic mystic books of Judaism: Sefer Yetsira, Sefer Bahir, and Sefer Zohar, and Argentine writer of Jewish descent, Marcos Ricardo Barnatan´s experimental work. The premise is that several mystic Sephardic texts have certain literary characteristics that make them fertile sources for the inspiration of writers like Barnatan. This thesis proves that Barnatan’s poetry and his first novel El Laberinto De Sion both use the most general concepts of the Kabalah in developing his literary and artistic creations.

This study is focuses on the …