The double bind as world image in La Nave de los Locos by Cristian Peri Rossi

Authors

  • Cristián Cisternas Ampuero Universidad de Chile
  • Patricia Valenzuela Tapia Universidad Autónoma de Chile

Abstract

This article deals with the concept of “double bind”, as applied to La nave de los locos (1984), a Latin American contemporary novel by Cristina Peri Rossi. I argue that the psychiatric notion of “double bind” helps to understand the image of a world of anguish and dislocation that surrounds the characters. Moreover, this article proposes a possibility of escape from this existential condition.

Keywords:

Cristina Peri Rossi, Latin American Literature, Twentieth Century, La nave de los locos, criticism and interpretation, Double Bind Theory