El objetivo de este estudio es mostrar las semejanzas y los paralelos que se producen entre las narrativas de dos autores famosos de distintos países, culturas y épocas; Miguel Delibes en Cinco horas con Mario y Fiodor Dostoievsky en Una criatura gentil. El estudio se centrará principalmente en Cinco horas con Mario -por ser su publicación relativamente reciente- intentando demostrar las características y los rasgos temáticos de la novela para luego determinar el origen y vincularlo a su posible antecedente analizando la influencia de Dostoievsky. En la conclusión, para ofrecer al lector una comparación clara de las novelas analizadas, las semejanzas de las dos narrativas son analizadas rigurosamente tanto por lo que respecta a sus aspectos temáticos como a los ficticios.
This study aims to show the thematic similarities and parallels that lie between the narratives of two famous authors of different places, cultures and eras; Miguel Delibes in Five Hours with Mario and Fyodor Dostoyevsky in A Gentle Creature. The study will mainly focus on Five Hours with Mario -for being published more recently- trying to demonstrate the characteristics and features of the theme of the novel as to trace it back and later on to link it to its possible antecedent and source of influence: Dostoyevsky. In the conclusion, the similarities of the two narratives will be analyzed thoroughly according to their thematic aspects as well as the fictional ones as to give the reader a clear comparison of both narratives that are in question.