Unusual maternity. Antecedents of the non-normative mother in Latin American fantastic narrative: Dávila, Barros and Eltit

Leonardo-Loayza R. · Logos: Revista de Linguistica, Filosofia y Literatura (2024) · DOI: 10.15443/rl3423

Resumen

One of the most interesting aspects that Latin American narrative has assumed in the last twenty years is the one that deals with the non-normative mother, that is, the woman who cannot or does not want to fulfill the maternity mandates that society imposes on her to be appreciated as “a good mother”. This social subject has found a privileged space in fantasy literature. This is proven by the works of Valeria Luiselli, Ariana Harwicz, Samanta Schweblin or Mónica Ojeda, to name just a few of the most important authors in the region. This article analyzes three of the stories that could be considered as the antecedents of this type of literature: “The last summer” (1984) by Amparo Dávila, “Artemisa” (1990) by Pía Barros and “Consagradas” (1996) by Diamela Eltit.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas