La mujer kafkiana y su doble monstruoso en el gótico andino: Análisis del cuento “Las Voladoras”, de Mónica Ojeda

• Authors: Araújo-Nieto Leira

Title variants

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The Kafkaesque woman and her monstrous double in the Andean Gothic: Analysis of the short story “Las Voladoras” by Mónica Ojeda

• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

Mónica Ojeda (Guayaquil, 1988) is an Ecuadorian writer whose literature is linked to the horror in its multiple forms. Furthermore, Las Voladoras (2020), included Ojeda in a new literary genre called Andean Gothic, a category where horror and Latin American myths convey. This paper analyzes how Ojeda adapts the disposition of the narrative elements to the Andean folklore. Moreover, it studies Ojeda’s reconstruction of the female monster by introducing the figure of a woman and its double, a hybrid between witch and animal, in order to create an alter ego effect. This article addresses how this narrative maneuver links Ojeda to Franz Kafka (1883–1924) and his vision of the monster in society.

Keywords

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Franz Kafka; Andean Gothic; monster; Ecuador

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 33
• Issue: Special Issue
• Pages: 202-214

Contributors

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Araújo-Nieto Leira