This texte analyzes the representation of space and body of the character, the circumstances in which madness emerges as well as the different ways in which a fictional text proposes a resolution to this madness.Julio Cortázar was an Argentine, short story writer, essayist, and translator. Abstract Based on some psychoanalytic concepts developed by Sigmund Freud, this article analizes literary texts by Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares and Enrique Vila-Matas, who focus their stories on the passage into madness. Se estudia la representación del espacio y del cuerpo del personaje, las circunstancias en que irrumpe la locura así como las diferentes maneras en que el texto ficcional propone una resolución a esa locura. Resumen A partir de algunos conceptos psicoanalíticos desarrollados por Sigmund Freud, en el presente trabajo se analizan textos literarios de Julio Cortázar, Adolfo Bioy Casares y Enrique Vila-Matas que centran su historia en el pasaje hacia la locura. La locura, el espacio familiar y el efecto siniestro: pensar la literatura desde el psicoanálisis 1. This external influence is an invasive force inside the narration, something extraordinary that coerces characters and causes a disturbing feeling not only in them but also in the reader. Otherness, understood as a person, an animal, a presence or as an entity is an external force in Cortazar's narrative which influence and force to change the character's life and thoughts, in other words, the plot of the story. Many kinds of otherness are presented in these tales and animals are usually a reflection of the human consciousness.

In Bestiario the most important invader is not animorphic presence, in spite of the title of the book. This entity might be not only a person, but an animal or an abstract presence. This means a lack of freedom, since they suffer the consequences of living in a reality invaded by another entity. This papers offers a new vision of the otherness in Bestiario, interpreted as an invasive presence that interferes in each character's life guidelines in different ways, and may break them. Ponencia leída el 4/05/12 en la 32nd Annual Cincinnati Conference on Romance Languages and Literatures.

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