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RODRIGUEZ, Adriana Azucena. The metaphor as a narrative guideline in “Arenas movedizas”: procedures for producing meaning. Lit. mex [online]. 2018, vol.29, n.2, pp.65-84. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex.29.2.2018.1130.

In this paper, I propose that some of the texts of “Arenas movedizas” by Octavio Paz possess a narrative structure recognized by the author himself and are composed from a metaphor which possesses a narrative function; i.e., the meaning to be given to the related events depends on the interpretation of the metaphor, because the metaphor of these texts operates under a system of relationships that enrich the meaning of the text and the metaphor itself. The metaphor appears as a nodal figure, like the concepts of narrative and surrealism, for the interpretation of some stories of this work.

Palavras-chave : Arenas movedizas; Octavio Paz; hermeneutics; metaphor; interpretation.