The transfigured reality

Authors

  • Luis Villoro Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Keywords:

reality, realism, Quixote, illusion

Abstract

The novel Don Quixote speaks of a reality illusory as the dreams, created by the imagination. Everything is transformed, everything has another trace. This is an imaginary illusion. Everything is other than it seems. Although everything is real, this is transfigured reality. It is the same but imaginary. Then opens to a: exists, without a doubt, an empirical reality of every day, but front this opens another reality that presents a different figure: is a transfigured reality. It is the same but imaginary. Then opens to a: exists, without a doubt, an empirical reality of every day, but front this opens another reality that presents a different figure: is a transfigured reality.

Author Biography

Luis Villoro, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

He is Professor Emeritus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and a member of the Colegio Nacional de México. His works related to Mexico include Los grandes momentos del Indigenismo en México, Mexico, El Colegio de México, 1950; El proceso ideológico de la revolución de independencia, Mexico, UNAM, 1953; En México entre libros, Pensadores del siglo XX, Mexico, FCE, 1995; Estado plural, pluralidad de culturas, Mexico, Paidos-UNAM, 1998; De la libertad a la comunidad, Mexico, Ariel-ITESM, 2001; Los retos de la sociedad por venir, Mexico, FCE, 2007.

Published

2011-01-15

How to Cite

Villoro, L. . (2011). The transfigured reality. Devenires, 12(23), 7–11. Retrieved from https://publicaciones.umich.mx/revistas/devenires/ojs/article/view/454

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