| Titre | Hambre de tinieblas. Caníbales, zombis y vampiros en tres novelas contemporáneas del Cono Sur | |
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| Auteur | Liliana Lara | |
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Revue | Amerika |
| Numéro | no 26, 2023 Fictions de la terreur dans le Cône Sud et au Brésil : représentations récentes | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Dossier: Fictions de la terreur dans le Cône Sud et au Brésil : représentations récentes Novelas y Relatos |
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| Résumé anglais |
The intention of this paper is to formulate the concept of 'monstrous hunger' as the center of proposals and actions in three contemporary novels from the Southern Cone that fall within the horror genre: Cadáver exquisito (2018), by Agustina Bazterrica, El conserje y la eternidad (2017), by Ricardo Romero and Zombie (2013), by Mike Wilson. In these three novels, emblematic characters of gothic and horror literature appear, such as the vampire, the zombie and the cannibal (or cannibalism as a general expression), but materialized from the periphery, characterized from an unusual perspective. In their classical conception, these three figures have in common an atrocious hunger taken to extreme consequences. I am interested in mapping the representation of monstrous hunger, as vehement desire, craving for consumption and a matter of State, from the different perspectives offered by these works. It is my intention to dwell on its repercussion within the actions, the discursive framework from which it is told and the metaphors to which it alludes. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
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| Article en ligne | https://journals.openedition.org/amerika/17651 |
