The Imprints of Infamy in Pablo Montoya's Los derrotados

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Published: Sep 22, 2019
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Pablo Montoya, forms of memory, subjectivity, autofiction

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Andrés Arteaga
Saint Mary's University

Abstract

In this essay my aim is to analyze the autofictional writing and the different forms of memory in Pablo Montoya's novel Los derrotados (2012). This analysis will focus on various forms of recording memory (intimate journals, correspondence, photography, botany) as well as on the meta-textual narrative present in the novel. This perspective will dialogue with two major events in Colombian history: F. J de Caldas's role in the independence wars during the first decades of 1800 and the violence generated by the armed conflict during 1970's and 1980's  narrated through the voices some of three characters in the novel.

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Vol. 54 (2019)
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Author Biography

Andrés Arteaga, Saint Mary's University

He is an assistant professor in Hispanic Studies at Saint Mary´'s University (Canadá). He holds a PhD in Spanish from the University of Ottawa. His research interests are related to trauma and writing in contemporary Colombian literature and Contemporary Colombian émigré literature. He has published articles in different academic journals and the following books: Notas viajeras. Escritura de viajes y testimonio. Nuevos autores Latino-canadienses (Broken Jaw Press, 2013), El refugio del fénix. El final de una noche de agonía. Escritos sobre guerra y reconciliación en Colombia (Broken Jaw Press, 2016) y Levaduras de destrucción. Melancolía y desvanecimiento del yo en la obra de Álvaro Mutis (Editorial Biblos, 2019).