Spanska Handledare: Héctor Areyuna Villalobos Examinator: Eva Löfquist Beglert 2SP30E 15 hp 2014-01-07 Análisis textual de la novela: El túnel, de Ernesto Sábato (Textual analysis of the novel The tunnel, by Ernesto Sábato) Omar Muratbegovic Abstract The aim of this essay is to reveal different motives that Castel had which finally led him to killing María and also the central thematic of the story. The analysis is also covering different aspects of the book El Túnel, such as language, writer, structure and different ideas. However, the analysis is focused on the central thematic of the story in order to be able to understand the story better and also different motives that led to the murder of the woman. By reading and analyzing the book we are trying to discover these different motives and the central thematic. Keywords: The Tunel, lonelyness, misscomunication, topic, motives, thematic Palabras clave: El Túnel, la soledad, incomunicación, tópico, acontecimiento, fábula, temática, argumento, motivos, tiempo de la ficción/narración Índice 1. 2. 3. Introducción................................................................................. 1 1.1 Objetivo y problematización……………………………… 1 1.2 Hipótesis…………………………………………………....2 1.3 Estado actual de la investigación………………………… 2 1.4 Método y marco teórico………………………………….. 3 Datos biográficos del autor……………………………………… 6 2.1 El túnel…..…………………………………………..……. 8 2.2 La fábula y el argumento…………………………………..9 Análisis………………………………………………………….. 11 3.1 El narrador y los personajes.……………………………....11 3.2 La estructura……………………………………………….13 3.3 Las figuras retóricas……………...…………………………13 3.4 Símbolos…………………………………………………....14 3.5 Temas y subtemas…………………………………………..15 4. Soledad e incomunicación: los temas centrales.………….....17 4.1. Acerca de los motivos del desenlace de la obra: el asesinato de María……………………………………………………..19 Conclusiones………………………………………………..................20 Bibliografía