La distopía del presente: apuntes sobre Jinete a pie, de Israel Centeno
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2019-03-26
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Fermín, Daniel
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Universidad EAFIT
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Este artículo propone una lectura analítica de la novela Jinete a pie (2014), de Israel Centeno, que forma parte del grupo de obras, publicadas en los últimos años, que vislumbran un futuro distópico para Venezuela. Inicialmente se repasa el origen de la distopía como género literario y sus antecedentes utópicos, así como el auge de la novela distópica venezolana en el siglo XXI; luego se estudian las características de Jinete a pie, para analizar la construcción de una distopía que remite a una Caracas arrasada por la violencia y su relación con el contexto venezolano actual.
This paper proposes an analytical reading of the novel Jinete a pie (2014) by Israel Centeno, part of the group of works published in recent years which envision a dystopian future for Venezuela. First, the origin of dystopia as a literary genre as well as its utopian background is reviewed and the boom of the Venezuelan dystopian novel in the 21st century is discussed. Then, the features of Jinete a pie are examined in order to analyze both the construction of a dystopian narrative that refers to a Caracas devastated by violence and its relationship with the current Venezuelan context.
This paper proposes an analytical reading of the novel Jinete a pie (2014) by Israel Centeno, part of the group of works published in recent years which envision a dystopian future for Venezuela. First, the origin of dystopia as a literary genre as well as its utopian background is reviewed and the boom of the Venezuelan dystopian novel in the 21st century is discussed. Then, the features of Jinete a pie are examined in order to analyze both the construction of a dystopian narrative that refers to a Caracas devastated by violence and its relationship with the current Venezuelan context.