El multilingüismo y otros experimentos científicos en "Tiempo de silencio"
Multilingualism and Other Scientific Experiments in Tiempo de Silencio

Summary/Abstract: This article proposes a novel interpretation of Tiempo de silencio by Luis Martín-Santos, focusing on the roles of science and multilingualism at stylistic and formal levels. After analysing the key functions of science in the novel, it will be shown that the text draws an analogy between the imported mice used for research by the main character and the narrative itself. This connection provides a new perspective on how the novel’s unique stylistic traits coalesce, suggesting a core metaphor: a ‘stylistic cancer’ that infiltrates the textual fabric, creating various linguistic phenomena where words reproduce and mutate uncontrollably. Classifying these phenomena will enhance our understanding of how barbarisms and other lexical and syntactical elements proliferate, behaving similarly to viruses or tumour cells that disrupt the overall function of the text.

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