THE TRAGIC BATMAN MYTH

Authors

  • Saúl Lázaro Altamirano Universidad de Guadalajara

Keywords:

intertextual, myth, image, popular culture, poem, tragedy

Abstract

Sábado en ciudad gótica (Saturday in Gotham City) is a poem by the Mexican writer Daniel Chávez. It uses the Batman figure as intertextual substrate. The poem creates meanings through extracts from scenes, states and atmospheres of Batman. The poetic text has a meaning that is completed with the symbolic world of the character. Thus, the image becomes an intertextual element of the poem. The result is a poetic text governed by a character of popular culture, whose image works as the anchor between the meanings of the two texts. Finally the scenes create the tragic myth of Batman.

Author Biography

Saúl Lázaro Altamirano, Universidad de Guadalajara

PhD Candidate in literary theory and comparative literature, Universidad de Guadalajara

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How to Cite

Lázaro Altamirano, S. (2014). THE TRAGIC BATMAN MYTH. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (3), 186–197. Retrieved from https://revistes.ub.edu/index.php/452f/article/view/10809

Issue

No. 3 (2010): Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature

Section

Miscellaneous

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