Cambios éticos postpandemia en la narrativa hispanoamericana a partir de el caballero de la armadura oxidada

Abstract

Abstract: This study examines Robert Fisher s *The Knight in Rusty Armor* as an interpretive framework for the moral and emotional shifts presented in Hispanic American literature written in the aftermath of the 2020 pandemic. The objective is to explore how the values ​​articulated in the work help explain the processes of ethical and emotional reconstruction within post-pandemic Hispanic American literature. Through a symbolic and comparative lens, the armor functions as a metaphor for self-imposed confinement; silence serves as a catalyst for introspection; and fragility acts as a point of rupture, enabling a reconfiguration of identity. Consequently, it becomes evident that Fisher s work anticipates key contemporary dilemmas such as relational fragility, the ethics of care, and the rebuilding of communal life themes that frequently appear in contemporary chronicles, diaries, and micro-fiction. Thus, Fisher s allegory provides an ethical framework grounded in affective responsibility and interdependence that facilitates an understanding of the processes of symbolic healing and rehumanization explored in narratives addressing the aftermath of the health crisis.