Trembling Curiosity: Sex and Desire in <i>El curioso impertinente</i> and <i>Carne trémula</i>
Abstrak
There is a longstanding connection between “curiosity”, “desire”, and “sexuality”. This connection can be found in texts as diverse as works of scripture like the Hebrew Bible and the Quran as well as in contemporary works of critical theory. Miguel de Cervantes explored such a connection more than four centuries ago in <i>El curioso impertinente</i>, an exemplary novella embedded in the 1605 part one of <i>Don Quixote</i>. Through a comparative reading of Cervantes’s <i>El curioso impertinent</i>, Pedro Almodóvar’s 1997 film <i>Carne trémula</i> (itself a free adaptation of Ruth Rendell’s 1986 novel <i>Live Flesh</i>), and Luis Buñuel’s 1955 film <i>Ensayo de un crimen</i>, this essay analyzes the intersection of curiosity and desire—inflected through the lenses of both Girardian and Lacanian theory—in order to explore the fundamental role not just of curiosity in early modern Spain, but also in the representation of modern (and postmodern) sexuality.
Topik & Kata Kunci
Penulis (1)
Bruce R. Burningham
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2025
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.3390/h14020033
- Akses
- Open Access ✓