Violencia y devoción en la reciente narrativa latinoamericana

The novels The lady of the assassins (La virgen de los sicarios (1994) by Fernando Vallejo and The corner of the red eyes (La esquina de los ojos rojos (2006) by Rafael Ramirez Heredia, are two representative works of today’s latin american literature. The first one focuses on the colombian territor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ávila, Ernesto Pablo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Latinoamérica. Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.132.247.70.146:article/53704
Acceso en línea:http://latinoamerica.unam.mx/index.php/latino/article/view/53704
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Latin american literature, crime, Violence narrative, Hard boiled, Medellín, Sabaneta, Tepito, la Santa Muerte.
Literatura latinoamericana, crimen, narrativa de la violencia, novela negra, Medellín, Sabaneta, Tepito, la Santa Muerte.
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Sumario:The novels The lady of the assassins (La virgen de los sicarios (1994) by Fernando Vallejo and The corner of the red eyes (La esquina de los ojos rojos (2006) by Rafael Ramirez Heredia, are two representative works of today’s latin american literature. The first one focuses on the colombian territory. The second focuses on mexican people and mexican reality. These narrative works describe regions of dramatic contrasts and social tensions. This pretends to be also an open dialogue with other critical views of social and literary researches. In this study about Vallejo’s novel, it is showed the relationship between the young assassins in Medellin. in the case of Mexico, the study around Rafael Ramirez Heredia narrative, focuses on the story located in Tepito.