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MANZANILLA SOSA, Silvia Alicia. The ethic and the aesthetic dimension of the trickster figure in literature. Valenciana [online]. 2016, vol.9, n.18, pp.241-270. ISSN 2007-2538.

The trickster figure is present in the mythologies, the folklore, and the literature of all over the world, from the most distant past to the modern day. The trickster embodies the freedom of the human spirit. It is a powerful and ambivalent figure: it has the ability to disturb the norm and introduce chaos as well as evil; but it can also reveal the truth and denounce social inequality. This paper analyzes the ethic-aesthetic dimension of the trickster in the field of literature, especially in Latin American literature, and it rehearses a tripartite provisional classification of this figure.

Palabras llave : Trickster; Deceiver; Laughter; Kalokagathós; Latin American literature.

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