EL PRETÉRITO IMPERFECTO EN LA POÉTICA DE EL JARAMA DE RAFAEL SÁNCHEZ FERLOSIO
THE IMPERFECT TENSE IN THE POETICS OF EL JARAMA BY RAFAEL SÁNCHEZ FERLOSIO

Summary/Abstract: In this paper an analysis of the poetic use of the imperfect tense in El Jarama by Rafael Sánchez Fer- losio is proposed basing on the concept of narrative grounding. The claim made in the paper is that in El Jarama the imperfect is used in a manner that breaks down the narrative foreground-background distinction. As a consequence, the arrangement of the events into a meaningful story line is nullified, which affects the way the narrative is experienced and interpreted.

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