Novela como nube or Narcissus at the mirror

Abstract

Gilberto Owen wrote in 1928 Novela como nube, an experimental nouvelle. The aim of this article is to analyze the incomplete and divided self which is portrayed as a myriad of fragments and different voices in this work. Also discussed here is the interpretation of Ixion's myth developed throughout the story as though the narrator were playing games, following one of the main avant-garde proposals, such as Surrealism. The article expects to show Owen's interest in movements such as Surrealism or Dadaism.