Écrire l’histoire dans La forma de las ruinas (2015) de Juan Gabriel Vásquez : frictions et fiction
Ever since Los informantes (2004), Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s works deal with the tormented history of his country, Colombia, and La forma de las ruinas (2015) attempts to unravel the tangled threads of this still painful past. It focuses on the twentieth century, wounded by – among other things – the a...
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| Τόπος έκδοσης: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/amerika, |
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| Μορφή: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Γλώσσα: | Espagnol |
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Amerika
2020
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | Ever since Los informantes (2004), Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s works deal with the tormented history of his country, Colombia, and La forma de las ruinas (2015) attempts to unravel the tangled threads of this still painful past. It focuses on the twentieth century, wounded by – among other things – the assassinations of two presidential candidates on the cusp of winning their elections : Rafael Uribe Uribe, in 1914, and Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, the “Colombian Kennedy”, in 1948. However La forma de las ruinas breaks with the rest of his works because, for the first time, Juan Gabriel Vásquez presents himself within the narrative, allowing the reader privileged access to the internal conflicts of a narrator who personifies the antagonisms of the entire Colombian society.This article intends to analyze the forms of transcription of history used to depict a multifaceted past in which the wounds are struggling to heal. We will ask ourselves, in a wider sense, how literature can convey the depth of non-resolved conflicts and show the reader other ways to comprehend history. |
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