Woman in time: A reading of Aura

Abstract

Carlos Fuentes in his novel Aura reflects about the mystery of feminine condition. T he present article pretends to focalize this mystery. It will evaluate the masculine f igure that Fuentes presents; his vigor and his desire that are slowly subjugated by the presence of another character; is the women who veils in her bittering anguish, in her bereaved solitude, in her unreachable longing which persecutes her all her life; the desire to love someone and be loved. At the beginning, we will talk about masculine and feminine figure in Aura, following the development of the book, after that we will treat the theme of love in this two characters and his relationship with the illusion and the time. Finally, we will give an interpretation of the book in relationship with Mexico’s history and some sociological notions that will let us propose a thesis based in the signification of these two characters (the man and the woman) in our times.