Citation

Nodal AM, De Souza CDP. Caracol 2019; (18): 259-282.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019)

DOI

10.11606/issn.2317-9651.v18i18p258-282

PMID

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Abstract

This article aims to analyze the book El juego de la viola, by Guillermo Rosales (1946-1993), considering certain (social) identity issues and different traumatic reproductions of childhood (family) inserted in the metafictional context of the Caribbean writer's work. As a methodological strategy, descriptive methods and of bibliographical character were used. The concept of violence and trauma was based on Arendt' (2003, 2005) thought, Dorfman (1972), Assmann (2011) and Butler (2003, 2015), whereas the discussion on the autobiographical space and Rosales' work were based on Martínez' (2003, 2007, 2015), Simal's (2012, 2017), Vila's (2015) and Alfonso's (2015) works; and, finally, the suicide in the historical Cuban-context narratives takes the thought of Cabrera Infante (2015) as a base. Therefore, in the novel, it was possible to apprehend certain autobiographical marks, referring to Rosales' self-destructive trajectory of life. © 2019 Caracol. All rights reserved.

Language: pt

Keywords

Suicide; Autobiographical marks; Family and social violence; Guillermo Rosales