CIGES APARICIO, M.
La novela Circe y el poeta, escrita por el español Manuel Ciges Aparicio y publicada en 1926, es, como sugiere el título, una reinterpretación del mito de la hechicera griega. Efectivamente, Sara ?el personaje femenino con mayor relieve en el relato? , es una moderna seductora a la manera de la Circe (1927) del pintor alemán George Grosz. Este ensayo pretende demostrar ?apoyándose en las teorías de Gaston Bachelard acerca de la imaginación material del agua? cómo Ciges Aparicio utiliza dicho elemento como símbolo de lo femenino, del dolor y de la muerte.
English
The novel Circe and the poet, written by Manuel Ciges Aparicio and published in 1926, is, as its title suggests, a reinterpretation of the classic myth. In fact, Sara ?the main female character in the story? is presented as a modern seductress that has a lot in common with German painter George Grosz's Circe (1927). This essay aims to show how Ciges Aparicio uses water ?the female element par excellence? as a literary symbol that underlines themes such as pain, death and suffering. For our purpose, we will rely on French philosopher Gaston Bachelard's theories as expounded in his work Water and Dreams (1942).
