Riflessioni sull'onomastica nel romanzo del dittatore ispano-americano

Dictators are the main characters of several Hispanic-American literary works. The representation of the despots shows a variety of recurring features in which the onomastic choices make a significant contribution. For instance, the messianic trait attributed to dictators is evident since titles of novels such as "Yo, el Supremo "(1974) by Augusto Roa Bastos, or "El Supremísimo" (1981) by Luis Ricardo Alonso. The present work investigates the role played by names and epithets attributed to tyrants but also by the titles that they confer on themselve