Las novelas de la nebulosa y lo ominoso

Abstract

The Freudian concept of the uncanny is a phenomenon as complex as interesting of the unconscious of the human psyche which comprises the disturbing moment of insecurity of seeing the unexpected metamorphosis of the familiar and known to the unknown. This phenomenon is evident not only in real life, but very often in art and literature. A writer whose creation provides an excellent example for the presence of Freud’s theories, especially the uncanny in the literature, is the avant-garde Spanish author Ramón Gómez de la Serna. The writer often used the impression of uncanny; a trend that stands in the novels of the nebula, which are rich in uncanny themes: El incongruente (1922), El novelista (1923), ¡Rebeca! (1936) and El hombre perdido (1947).