Vanity Fea: Historia de varios padres

Un tema importante en Mantícora, la novela de Robertson Davies, es el de la búsqueda de la relación con el padre, por parte de protagonista, David Staunton, abogado alcohólico y solitario, agobiado por su familia rica y por verse desheredado. Pero padres puede haber más de uno, en la realidad o en la imaginación. Y, hay que preguntarse quienes son los varios padres imaginarios de cada cual, los elegidos y los no elegidos, porque contrariamente a lo que cree Staunton no parece que sea cuestión de elección, normalmente, sino más bien de inevitabilidad. Y si elegimos, el resultado de la elección era inevitable, siendo cada cual quien es en cada momento.

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Historia de varios padres

Author(s):: José Angel GARCÍA LANDA (see profile)
Date:: 2011
Group(s):: American Literature, English Literature, Narrative theory and Narratology, Philosophy of Religion
Subject(s):: Fathers and sons, Fathers, Fatherhood, Father figures, Bildungsromans, Davies, Robertson, 1913-1995, Novels, Canadian literature, Personality
Item Type:: Blog Post
Tag(s):: Robertson Davies, Personal development, Novels, Canadian literature, Retrospection, The Manticore, Personality, Fathers
Permanent URL:: https://doi.org/10.17613/cxca-5136; English abstract: An important subject in Robertson Davies's novel The Manticore is the protagonist (David Staunton)'s search for a relationship with the father. Staunton is a solitary and alcoholic lawyer, oppressed by his wealthy family and by his being disinherited. But there can be more than one father, in reality or in imagination. And one must wonder who are one's various imaginary fathers—the chosen ones and those not chosen, because (pace Staunton) this does not seem to be primarily a matter of choice, but rather of inevitability. And if we did choose, the choice was inevitable, given the person we were at a given moment.
Notes:: First published in Vanity Fea (Oct. 24, 2011)