The twilight of the values in the narrative of Jorge Ibargüengoitia

Abstract

On the basis of the study of Estas ruinas que ves (1975) and Las muertas (1977) of the author Jorge Ibargüengoitia, this article shows how the author comprehends and appraises the moral within of two microcosmos representative - located in the bajio region- of mid-century Mexico (1955 - 1965). From this narrative recreation, in these pages, two prospects are examined, one the decadence of the moral values and two, the way how affects the social interaction through the fiction of two human dynamics, framed in the environment of the illustrated urban middle class of Cuévano and another in the environment of sexual exploitation in brothels in the same unreal state. In this struggle, the issue of morality and violence represent two symbolic ideas that help Ibargüengoitia to critically show his perception of the process of social change within of restricted areas.