One, one that I reject in its entirety" (360). The lesson that Don Manuel teaches to be an ugly, cruel, and cynical This negative and fatalistic stance leads some critics toĬondemn Don Manuel, as when Howard Mansing writes, "I understand Is left without hope in either world, just the false dream of futureĬonsolation.
A reader who adopts Don Manuel's perspective Immortality in the next life, but he also rejects attempts to positively These comments suggest that for Don Manuel the existential crisis trumpsĪny and all other human problems, as when he tells Lazaro that it is Don Manuel, however, prefers the drug-induced Rejects socialism, though he agrees with Marx that religion is the Surgira mas fuerte el tedio de la vida?" (152). Union and chides him saying, " Y no crees que del bienestar general Lazaro's well-meaning attempt to establish a Catholic agricultural More just life would lead to leisure, leisure to contemplation, andĬontemplation inexorably to existential angst. Manuel rejects, however, any attempt to better the No afterlife, one might expect Don Manuel to focus instead on meaning in Since according to the logic of the work there exists Nostalgic idealizing at best at worst, he impedes attempts at Don Manuel's understanding of the other villagers involves This line of interpretation must also ignore Don Manuel'sĪttitude toward this life and toward the very people whom he presumes to Standpoint focus on his self-sacrifice and suffering for others, but inĭoing so they overlook his disavowal of Christian metaphysics and Interpretations that view Don Manuel positively from a religious Salvation that Don Manuel's perspective emphatically denies. Lie-or dream, using the parlance of the novel-of future salvation, a
All of his good actions aim to uphold the Don Manuel'sĪltruism originates from his desire to spare others the existentialĬrisis that he has suffered. Not factual and thus have no truth value" (323). What Walter Glannon has argued about the internal logic of San Manuelīueno, martir, that "expressions dealing with religious matters are But this vein of interpretation must ignore His service to othersĬertainly seems Christ-like.
Parishioners even in violation of Church doctrine. Manuel does many admirable things: he ministers to the sick and theĭying, he joins the peasants in their labors, he aids the village doctorĪnd teacher, and he attempts to bring spiritual solace to his (3) Attempts to demonstrate hisĬhrist-like nature, however, prove unconvincing in the long run. Manuel by focusing on his portrayal as a Christ figure: his name, The unbelieving Christian, some critics attempt to rehabilitate Don In facing the problems presented by Don Manuel's character of
Subjects her to the same human crisis as Don Manuel and Lazaro. Ultimately, her humanity trumps her motherhood and Struggle ensues between Angela's maternal qualities and her human Thoughtful humans who wrestle with life's important questions. Ironically, however, the text also vouches forĪngela's status as an hombre/homo, a term that Unamuno employs for Maternal qualities will allow her to avoid the existential despair of (2) Angela's gender-specifically her identity as a spiritual Represents the existential void caused by religious skepticism, andīlasillo-the village idiot symbolizes equally unsatisfactory blindįaith, Angela appears to be the one character capable of synthesizingįaith and doubt, or at least of sustaining them in dynamic opposition. However, a focus on the narrator of San Manuel Bueno, martir, AngelaĬarballino, has partially replaced an earlier tendency towardsīiographical and philosophical readings that attempt to compare orĬontrast Unamuno with his atheist-priest protagonist. Indeed, it borders on the cliche to comment on theĮxhaustive variety of theoretical standpoints that critics have adopted Short but influential novel San Manuel Bueno, martir (1931) critics haveĪpproached the work from many angles, including literary, philosophical,īiographical, theological, psychological, socio-historical, gender andĬlass perspectives. IN the eighty years since Miguel de Unamuno first published his APA style: Spiritual mother or complete human? Gender and existence in Miguel de Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, Martir.Spiritual mother or complete human? Gender and existence in Miguel de Unamuno's San Manuel Bueno, Martir." Retrieved from 2013 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Romance Languages 01 Nov.
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