Capitalismo global y petroficción en Temporada de huracanes de Fernanda Melchor

Authors

  • Francesco Di Bernardo Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v14i29.548

Abstract

The present article discusses Fernanda Melchor’s novel Hurricane Season (2017) analyzing through the theories of Silvia Federici and Rita Laura Segato the symbolic value of some characters which work as catalysts for social criticism of the extractive and neoliberal socio-economic model. Likewise, the article shows the role of the extraction of energy resources in causing the disaggregation of the social fabric that the novel describes and discusses the analogies between Melchor’s novel and the “petrofiction”. The discussion is framed in the context of recent contributions on narconarratives, highlighting the differences between these and the descriptions of violence in Fernanda Melchor’s novel.

Author Biography

Francesco Di Bernardo, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Es investigador posdoctoral en la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla y miembro del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores (Candidato). Es doctor en Literatura, Cultura y Pensamiento Moderno y Contemporáneo (University of Sussex, Reino Unido) y Licenciado en Letras Modernas (Università Federico II di Napoli, Italia). Su investigación se centra en la narrativa hispanoamericana y comparada del siglo xxi y sus líneas de investigación actuales giran en torno a la ecocrítica y a la narrativa sobre los conflictos sociales en América Latina. Ha publicado en revistas tales como Bulletin of Contemporary Hispanic Studies, Acta Literaria, Cincinnati Romance Review, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies y A contracorriente: una revista de estudios latinoamericanos. Asimismo, ha publicado capítulos de libros sobre la obra de J. G. Ballard y Jonathan Coe y un artículo en la revista
de filosofía Radical Philosophy.

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Published

2021-11-22

How to Cite

Di Bernardo, F. (2021). Capitalismo global y petroficción en Temporada de huracanes de Fernanda Melchor. Valenciana, 14(29), 81–102. https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v14i29.548

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No. 29 (2022): Valenciana 29, enero-junio 2022

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