Análisis de la presencia de lo fantástico en las leyendas de Zaruma

Abstract

This present project aims to collect a series of legends and oral stories of the city of Zaruma to make an analysis based on the theory of fantastic literature. To do this, the researcher uses some authors as Tzvetan Todorov and others who consider fantasy literature as the arrival of a strange element that alters the apparent calm of the characters in the story. Therefore, the researcher will approach items such as storytelling and legends, and its construction from fantasy literature, besides a historical working and cultural context of the city. Finally, the researcher will do an analysis of a corpus of several legends, highlighting the abnormal element and the construction of the characters to show the presence of the culture of Zaruma through literary creation.