This master’s thesis analyses, interprets and compares the phenomena of sexuality and political repression in the novels Levitan and Before Night Falls through the prism of symbols and narrative procedures. Both novels subtly interweave the themes of sexuality and political repression with rich symbolism. The dynamic of narrative procedures is a common feature: the novel Levitan is primarily driven by eroticism, whereas Before Night Falls is also driven by persecution and flight. In both cases, sexuality is represented through various sexual practices and paraphilias, either through interspersed erotic stories or through the chronological development of the protagonist’s sexuality. Both novels reveal, through their main plot, the horrors of political repression, showing how sexuality may become a form of resistance.
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