Rupture of the body and rupture of the language in the novel of historical memory in Peru. Comparative study of Adiós Ayacucho by Julio Ortega and La sangre de la aurora by Claudia Salazar

• Autor: Cárdenas Moreno, Mónica
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2016
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/14915
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/revistaira/article/view/14915
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: novel of historical memory; metaphors of violence; XX and XXI century; Julio Ortega; Claudia Salazar; novela de la memoria histórica; metáforas de la violencia; siglos XX- XXI; José Ortega

Two novels which represent a part of the internal armed confl ict in Peru (1980-2000) are discussed: Adios Ayacucho (1986) by Julio Ortega and La sangre de la aurora (2013) by Claudia Salazar. Although these novels are chronologically distant, both analize language transgression as a means to represent violence in the most essential matter: the body. The comparative analysis has three objectives. First, the difference between the novel of historical memory and the novel of violence in Peru is explained; second, an understanding of both novels is proposed through two important body metaphors: the bone metaphor and the liquid metaphor. Finally, we analyze how these metaphors are created not only at the level of the signifi er but the signifi ed, that is, through the fragmentation, rupture and experimentation ofthe language and its syntax.