A rhetoric of the character in The deep rivers of Jose Maria Arguedas

Abstract

Giovanni Bottiroli argues that rhetoric can be applied to the analysis of the characters because they can be metaphorical, metonymic, sinecdo-quic  or  antithetical.  In  Los  ríos  profundos  by  José  María  Arguedas,  the-re  are  metaphorical  characters  like  Ernesto  and  Antero,  because  their  knowledge of the world are based on the principle of analogy; metony-mic, for example, like Lleras and the opa Marcelina ; sinecdoquic as the Principal and the Old man and antithetical, like the father of Ernesto and Peluca. This approach emphasizes how to use a rhetoric of character to address the narrative of Arguedas.