Análisis del personaje Naún Briones de la novela polvo y ceniza del autor Eliécer Cárdenas.

Abstract

The following research work aims to analyze the character Naún Briones of the novel Powder and Ash by the author Eliécer Cárdenas, examining the essence of it from the psychological, human and social point of view, from the values and antivalores that he showed, giving a sensitive nuance, close to everyday life; because Briones really existed, was rebellious and dissatisfied with the existence immersed in poverty and social inequality lived by peasants and indigenous people during the 20s and 30s. The richness and diversity of his personality, his help to the dispossessed, made him a legend that it lasts in the time, also when becoming a famous delinquent in the cities of the Ecuadorian south, especially of Loja; He was also considered an antihero. In the literary analysis the resources, the style and the narrative structure used in the novel are considered, resulting in a novel, realistic and original work. With it, Cárdenas breaks with the conventional way of the novels that preceded him, without losing the sense and ability to keep the reader's motivation.