Province, Monstrosity, and Identities in Gustavo López Ramírez's Novel Los dormidos y los muertos

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Published: Apr 26, 2021
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Contemporary Colombian Literature, Gustavo López Ramírez, identities, province, Colombia, 20th century, monstrosity, Manizales.

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Ángela M. González-Echeverry
Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait

Abstract

This article examines Gustavo López Ramírez’s novel Los dormidos y los muertos (2018) through the notion of monstrosity. The article explains the daily life of a provincial family, its ruptures, its social successes,  and its bitter shame throughout traces of identity. The ontological scope of this narrative elicits a particular reading of an indisputable tradition. Therefore, the article defines a literary work that characterizes national events by grasping the particularity of local forces in tension with the social and cultural history of Colombia amidst the failed modes of resistance and the transfer of hegemonic values.

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Vol. 57 (2021)
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Articles
Author Biography

Ángela M. González-Echeverry, Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait

Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities at Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait since 2015. She holds a Ph.D. in Spanish Literatures - Humanities/Cultural Studies from Arizona State University, a master's degree in Latin American Literature from Ohio University and a Law degree from Universidad de Caldas, Manizales Colombia. González-Echeverry is the author of Ficciones y memorias: Poética en las narrativas contemporáneas (Universidad de Manizales Press, 2016). She has published several articles on academic journals about Latin-American Literatures and Cultures. Currently, she teaches courses on Latin American Cultures as well as Spanish Language in the Humanities & Social Sciences Department at Gulf University for Science & Technology, Kuwait. Her research traces Colombian Literatures and Cultural discourse in connection with identity, memory and post-conflict through an interdisciplinary approach. She is also interested in gender discourse and its echoes as social narrative and citizenship identity. She has recently started a Sur-Sur cultural dialogue that has given her research the opportunity to incorporate Middle East into her scholarly encounters.