The image of the main character in the novel by Vicente Leñero Murder immersed in a carnivalesque reality

Authors

  • María Lourdes Hernández Armenta Universidad de Guadalajara

Keywords:

Leñero, Asesinato, menippean, carnavalization, grotesque.

Abstract

In his non-fiction novel Asesinato (1985), Vicente Leñero tells the real story of the double murder of the nayarita politician Gilberto Flores and his wife, the writer Asunción Izquierdo, as well as the life of their grandson Gilberto Flores Alavez, considered the main suspect of said crime. Backed up with official, journalistic and family documents, this non-fiction novel is also consdiered a story that unmasks how truth is hidden in police systems, as well as political interests and false moral values of mexican society. In this paper, carnavalized literature aspects present in the novel are analyzed, supported by Mijaíl Bajtín’s theory: Menippean and grotesque elements prove that, although real, the main character is immersed in a carnavalesque reality.

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Published

2025-11-10

How to Cite

Hernández Armenta, M. L. (2025). The image of the main character in the novel by Vicente Leñero Murder immersed in a carnivalesque reality. Sincronía, 20(70), 210–224. Retrieved from https://revistasincronia.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/sincronia/article/view/761

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 70 (2016): July-December

Section

LETRAS

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