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Forum for Modern Language Studies 2008 44(3):322-339; doi:10.1093/fmls/cqn013
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© The Author (2008). Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved. The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No. SC013532.

Hide-And-Seek: Lazarillo de Tormes and the Art of Deception

Rodrigo Cacho Casal

Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Clare College
Cambridge CB2 1TL
United Kingdom


  Abstract

Lazarillo de Tormes has been often interpreted by contemporary criticism as the first modern novel, due to the alleged complex personality of its protagonist and the structural unity of the work. However, Lazarillo was understood by Golden Age readers as primarily a funny and amusing book. Analysis of the rhetorical devices employed by its unreliable narrator allows a new contextualisation of the work in the light of the text's exploitation of witticism, deceit and parody.

Key Words: Lazarillo de Tormes • Golden Age • rhetoric • parody • deception • narrative structure • unreliable narrator • comedy • Confessions


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