Family Court Number 6: Autofiction, complex selfreferentiality and the Real

• Autor: Causillas Fonseca, Tirso José
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2022
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.csi.unmsm:article/25223
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/tesis/article/view/25223
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: autoficción; investigación desde el arte; autorreferencialidad compleja; teatro; autofiction; artistic research; complex selfreferentiality; theater

The paper explores the relationships between autofiction, scene and the Real based upon the insights generated in the creative process of the theater play Family Court Number 6 —an autofictional play that addresses the relationship between women and the Law in Perú— emphasizing the possibility of trauma as a creating and constructing force. To achieve these goals, on one hand I draw upon premises of artistic research, especially its self-reflective and critical dimensions. On the other hand, I assume autofiction as a narrative strategy that establishes the “self ” as being in permanent construction. Both paths intersect in what I choose to call complex self-referentiality. Finally, I reflect on trauma as the unrepresentable and as a boundary to creative practice.