The poor of Assisi

Authors

  • César García Álvarez Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Abstract

This article analyzes Kazantzakis' The Poor of Assisi from a double perspective: its literary aspect or "form", and its conceptual or "content" aspects. Professor García joins both perspectives in a unitary appraisal of this biography of Saint Francis.

Keywords:

Tragedy, poetry, destiny, Erynnies, Chorus, catharsis, eleos, phobos, hybris, sophrosyne, mimesis, paideia, anagnorisis

Author Biography

César García Álvarez, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación

Doctor en Filosofía con mención en Literatura. Profesor Titular de las Universidades Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Gabriela Mistral y Adolfo Ibáñez..Tel. (56-2) 2693878 -2392292