Goytisolo, Juan (1931– ), Spanish novelist whose works are written in a realistic but critical manner. Goytisolo is known for denouncing the bourgeoisie, the Catholic Church, capitalism, and other aspects of Spanish culture. He is likewise devoted to revising the national past and destroying its myths. From the 1960s onwards his narrative technique was enriched by all the innovations associated with the postmodern novel. Goytisolo has also published a few collections of short stories, but they are all written in a realistic manner. However, in Reivindicación del Conde don Julián (Count Julian, 1970), one of his most important novels, he makes incursions into folklore. In fact, at the beginning of the fourth and final section of this work there is a revision of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, a tale which is repeatedly alluded to throughout the novel. This reworking is based on Perrault's version, but there is one outstanding difference between the two stories, the fact that the main character in Goytisolo's story is a boy instead of a little girl.

Bibliography

• Lee, Abigail E., ‘La paradigmática historia de Caperucita y el lobo feroz: Juan Goytisolo's Use of “Little Red Riding Hood” in Reivindicación del Conde don Julián’, Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 65 (1988).
• Ugarte, Michael, Trilogy of Treason: An Intertextual Study of Juan Goytisolo (1982).

— Carolina Fernandez

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