Abstract

PAREDES CRESPO, Omar Armando. Remembrance, Confession and Guilt: the Diaryand the Epistle in El monstruo pentápodo, by Liliana Blum. Lit. mex [online]. 2025, vol.36, n.2, pp.109-128.  Epub Jan 06, 2026. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex/36.2.2025/001wx254107s65.

This article analyzes the diary and epistle in El monstruo pentápodo, by Liliana Blum, as two discursive modalities that structure the psychic identity of the character in this novel. Both the diary and the epistle integrate the internal narrative focus, being articulated structurally as a psychonarration and a narrated monologue, respectively. In this way, it is possible to see how in the diary a type of omniscience fostered by the memory perspective (remebrance), while in the letters they are used as a mechanism of self-communication (even when they are written for an interlocutor), in which the protagonist recognizes herself through confession and guilt.

Keywords : Internal Narrative Focus; Diary; Epistle; El monstruo pentápodo; Liliana Blum; Mexican Writers.

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