Abstract

GARCIA JURADO, Francisco. The Complex Encounter between Rayuela and the Attic Nights: “From the Other Side” and “from This Side”. Nova tellus [online]. 2025, vol.43, n.2, pp.181-206.  Epub Sep 26, 2025. ISSN 0185-3058.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.nt.2025.43.2/x001w03a250698.

In this paper we analyze the relationship between the novel Rayuela of Julio Cortázar and Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius. First of all, in chapter 148 of Rayuela we find a quotation of Gell., V, 7, a text related to the supposed etymology of the Latin word persona (“mask”) from the verb personare (“to make resonate”). We analyze the complex nature of this mention and its possible meaning, as well as the structural correlations between both works. Finally, we propose an unknown and unforeseen correlation.

Keywords : Attic Nights; Rayuela; Persona; Mask; Miscellany; Collage.

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