Dialogues between Chilean and Brazilian contemporary novel: A lecture on De mim já nem se lembra and Chilean Electric

Authors

  • Matias Rebolledo Universidad de Chile

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-9651.i23p268-291

Keywords:

Brazilian novel, Chilean novel, Identity, Indexicality, Autofiction

Abstract

This article presents a comparative critical view of some directions taken by Brazilian and Chilean contemporary fiction (in the context of the Southern Cone as a whole), through the interpretation of two novellas, namely De mim já nem se lembra (2007, revised and expanded in 2016) by Luiz Ruffato, and Chilean Electric (2015) by Nona Fernández. I analyze formal and thematic aspects of these novellas that convey aesthetic and political stances, establishing links to other contemporary narratives. Specifically, I discuss elements pertaining to new forms of Realism and Representation (indexal realism), the limits and intermingling of Memory, History, and Fiction (Autofiction) and the possibility of the Fictional Recovery of the Self, both as subjectivity and identity.

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Author Biography

  • Matias Rebolledo, Universidad de Chile
    Professor de Literatura na Universidad de Chile. Autor de “Representación de la violencia y la marginalidad en el discurso de Cidade de Deus” (2015) e “ ́Eles eram muitos cavalos ́ y las búsquedas del realismo actual” (2018).

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Published

2022-03-08

Issue

No. 23 (2022): (Jan-June 2022) Dossier: Culture and Politics in Brazil-Chile/Chile-Brazil relations

Section

Dossier - Literature and Literary Criticism

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REBOLLEDO, Matias. Dialogues between Chilean and Brazilian contemporary novel: A lecture on De mim já nem se lembra and Chilean Electric. Caracol, São Paulo, Brasil, n. 23, p. 268–291, 2022. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2317-9651.i23p268-291. Disponível em: https://www.periodicos.usp.br/caracol/article/view/188083.. Acesso em: 17 may. 2024.