Abstract:

In this study Julio Cortázar’s short stories are analyzed in the context of influences from different fields, reflections of the writer’s worldview in literary sense and the certain preferences regarding organization of the narrative. The Argentinean writer's comments about storytelling and about his own works in the genre are examined together with the studies of various scholars. The writer’s “anthropological search” which has a quite decisive role in his short stories was also taken into account. Accordingly, his tendency of deepening which rejects the apparent reality, commonly accepted worldviews and clichés and which reveals itself in various levels in the works in question was emphasized. The surrealist influence, psychoanalytic content and distinctive techniques within the framework of the fantastic genre are discussed in relation to this viewpoint. 

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