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SHIN, Hwayong. A study of El Llano en llamas from Korea: the social value of the ability to feel emotions. Méx.cuenca pac [online]. 2014, vol.3, n.8, pp.75-95. ISSN 2007-5308.

This article explores the positive role of emotions in preventing conditions of crisis that might result in the demolition of a society, through the socio-political and symbolic analysis of Juan Rulfo’s short story El Llano en llamas. Contrary to previous studies with negative evaluations of the influence of emotions on social stability, recent studies from academic fields such as political science or neuroscience reveal that people’s ability to feel emotions can contribute to society by fostering attention, cooperation, and anxiety about social phenomena. By examining how the cessation of people’s ability to feel emotions results in the circulation of tragedies, this article reaffirms that people’s ability to feel emotions can contribute to social stability and shows that emotions can provoke conscious thought and care for society.

Palabras llave : role of emotions; political phenomena; social crisis; symbolic and socio-historical analysis; Juan Rulfo.

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