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ThisВ interestВ inВ poetryВ manifestsВ itselfВ inВ manyВ forms,В especiallyВ inВ dialogueВ andВ descriptiveВ passages. вЂњStyleВ andВ SolitudeВ inВ theВ WorksВ ofВ AnaВ MarГaВ MatuteвЂќ,В pp.В 61 вЂњForВ meВ theВ shortВ storyВ isВ aВ veryВ importantВ literaryВ element.В AsВ importantВ inВ proseВ asВ poetry.В BecauseВ forВ me, whatВ IВ likeВ theВ most,В whatВ appealsВ toВ meВ theВ most,В theВ partВ ofВ literatureВ thatВ mostВ fascinatesВ me,В isВ poetry.В ButВ I haveВ neverВ beenВ ableВ toВ writeВ aВ poem.В InВ proseВ theВ shortВ storyВ isВ whatВ bestВ approximatesВ poetry.вЂќВ вЂ“В вЂњEntrevista conВ AnaВ MarГaВ MatuteвЂќ MatuteВ openlyВ statesВ thatВ sheВ hasВ aВ fascinationВ withВ poeticВ form: ParaВ mГВ elВ cuentoВ esВ unВ elementoВ literarioВ importantГsimo.В TanВ importanteВ en prosa,В comoВ laВ poesГa.В PorqueВ aВ mГ,В loВ queВ mГЎsВ meВ gusta,В loВ queВ mГЎsВ meВ atrae,В lo queВ mГЎsВ meВ fascinaВ deВ laВ literatura,В esВ laВ poesГa.В PeroВ yoВ nuncaВ heВ sidoВ capazВ de escribirВ niВ unВ poema.В EnВ prosaВ loВ queВ mГЎsВ seВ aproximaВ aВ laВ poesГaВ esВ elВ cuento.2

InВ additionВ toВ theseВ pessimisticВ themes,В MatuteвЂ™sВ worksВ alsoВ haveВ aВ distinctlyВ poeticВ feel.В HerВ writing styleВ emphasizesВ form В herВ storiesВ areВ neverВ dry,В factualВ retellingsВ ofВ eventsВ (fictionalВ orВ otherwise). InВ HistoriasВ deВ laВ ArtamilaВ inВ particular,В manyВ ofВ theВ storiesВ areВ narratedВ fromВ aВ firstВ personВ perspective byВ aВ narratorВ whoВ remainsВ nameless,В faceless,В andВ genderless.В ThreeВ ofВ theВ fourВ storiesВ presentedВ here followВ thisВ conventionВ вЂ“В theВ narratorВ inВ eachВ isВ clearlyВ aВ childВ accompaniedВ byВ oneВ orВ moreВ older siblings.В InВ eachВ storyВ theВ narratorВ conveysВ aВ senseВ ofВ detachmentВ andВ helplessness.В AsВ theВ children terrorizeВ oneВ anotherВ inВ LosВ ChicosВ andВ Bernardino,В theВ narratorВ isВ powerlessВ toВ doВ anythingВ moreВ than watch.В Similarly,В theВ narratorВ inВ DonВ PayasitoВ isВ aВ passiveВ observer,В recountingВ aВ childhoodВ memoryВ in anВ emotionalВ butВ detachedВ manner В theВ olderВ brotherВ isВ alwaysВ theВ oneВ toВ takeВ initiative.В This detachmentВ enhancesВ theВ senseВ ofВ melancholyВ andВ helplessnessВ presentВ inВ MatuteвЂ™sВ work. MatuteвЂ™sВ workВ focusesВ onВ severalВ recurringВ themes:В lonelinessВ andВ isolation,В escapeВ intoВ fantasy,В and conflict.В HerВ storiesВ areВ markedВ byВ pessimism,В violence,В andВ melancholy.В HerВ protagonistsВ tendВ toВ be вЂњsolitary,В introverted,В misunderstood,В neurotic,В orВ otherwiseВ estrangedВ fromВ theirВ familiesВ andВ society theyВ areВ incapableВ ofВ expressingВ themselves.вЂќ1В HerВ protagonistsВ areВ notВ tragicВ heroesВ inВ theВ classical sense,В butВ ratherВ unfortunateВ butВ otherwiseВ unremarkableВ individuals.В ThereВ isВ aВ senseВ thatВ theВ events portrayedВ inВ herВ storiesВ areВ notВ boundВ toВ theВ protagonistВ andВ his/herВ intrinsicВ qualities,В andВ couldВ easily beВ centeredВ aroundВ anyВ ofВ theВ otherВ characters.В TheВ uniquenessВ ofВ theseВ charactersВ isВ notВ inВ what happensВ toВ them,В then,В butВ howВ theyВ respondВ toВ theirВ circumstances. Introduction AnaВ MarГaВ MatuteВ wasВ bornВ inВ BarcelonaВ inВ 1926В toВ anВ upperВ middleВ classВ family.В AfterВ aВ serious childhoodВ illnessВ sheВ wasВ sentВ toВ liveВ inВ MansillaВ deВ laВ SierraВ (LaВ Rioja,В Spain)В withВ herВ grandparents.В Her experiencesВ inВ MansillaВ deВ laВ SierraВ areВ saidВ toВ haveВ particularlyВ affectedВ theВ storiesВ inВ herВ anthology HistoriasВ deВ laВ ArtamilaВ (1961),В theВ sourceВ forВ allВ fourВ storiesВ presentedВ here,В whichВ areВ setВ inВ aВ rural villageВ reminiscentВ ofВ theВ area.В MatuteВ wasВ onlyВ tenВ yearsВ oldВ whenВ theВ SpanishВ CivilВ WarВ brokeВ out,В and sheВ maturedВ duringВ SpainвЂ™sВ posguerraВ (postwar)В period,В underВ FranciscoВ FrancoвЂ™sВ regime. SelectedВ ShortВ Stories byВ AnaВ MarГaВ Matute,В translatedВ byВ NicoleВ Lee

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