The slum: sign of waste and site of hybrid writing in Los hombres oscuros by Nicomedes Guzmán

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  • Lucía Guerra Cunningham University of California, Irvine (Estados Unidos)

Abstract

The slum is an urban space which has been a polyfacetic sign in Chilean history and culture. Different meanings have been adscribed to the slum in the changing contexts of politics and literature: repugnant waste of the Nation, transgressive site of the uncontrollable, and powerful domain of leftist resistance. Within this historical context, Los hombres oscuros by Nicomedes Guzmán is analyzed as a paradigmatic text of the Generation of 1938 which legitimized the slum through a literary elaboration which, in the case of this novel, utilizes a hybrid writing where elements of "high culture" are combined with cinematographic techniques and expressions of popular culture.

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Published

2022-12-22

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Guerra Cunningham, L. (2022). The slum: sign of waste and site of hybrid writing in Los hombres oscuros by Nicomedes Guzmán. Anales De Literatura Chilena, (1), 117–134. Retrieved from https://ojs.uc.cl/index.php/alch/article/view/54203

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