Angosta is a work of the Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince that was published in 2003. The title comes from the name of the protagonist that is the literary city of Angosta. From a chronological point of view, this city was created after the most famous cities of the Latin American literature which are Macondo and McOndo. They affected most of the Latin American authors and they presented two different perspectives about the idea of the identity of Latin America. Analyzing the point of view of a contemporary author like Abad Faciolince about the identity of these countries is really interesting. Angosta takes some elements that characterized both Macondo and McOndo, but it develops a new perspective. As a matter of fact, the city created by Abad Faciolince brings together the modern and cosmopolitan city, that characterized McOndo, and the native, poor, and underdeveloped city, that is typical of Macondo. Angosta can be considered both an allegory and a dystopia. Firstly, the violence that characterized this city and the fact that a part of the society wants to prevail over others are symbols of the usurpation and the outrages that Latin Americans suffered from the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Secondly, murders, drug trafficking and terrorism are part of the life of the citizens of Angosta and these aspects represents what Colombian citizens have been living for decades. For this reason, it is possible to say that the life of the author influenced the writing process. For instance, his father was killed in Medellín. On the other hand, Angosta is also a dystopia because it anticipates that the violence will get worse and fiercer, and it will always be part of the identity of Latin America. In the prologue of the Chinese edition, Abad Faciolince underlines the fact that Angosta represents the whole world and most of today’s cities, so this work also criticizes some elements of the globalization and the relationship between the north and the south of the world.
Angosta del escritor colombiano Héctor Abad Faciolince es una obra publicada en 2003 que tiene como protagonista la homónima ciudad literaria. Desde el punto de vista temporal, se coloca después de Macondo y McOndo, o sea las dos ciudades literarias que marcaron la literatura hispanoamericana y que propusieron dos perspectivas diferentes sobre la búsqueda identitaria de América Latina. Es interesante analizar cómo una ciudad literaria creada por un escritor contemporáneo aborda este tema. La ciudad de Abad Faciolince recupera algunos elementos de ambas las ciudades y desarrolla su propia visión de esta parte del mundo. En particular, une en Angosta la imagen de una América Latina moderna y cosmopolita, que caracteriza McOndo, con la parte más indígena, pobre y subdesarrollada de estos países, que es típica de Macondo. Angosta se presenta como alegoría y distopía al mismo tiempo. La violencia que caracteriza esta ciudad y el hecho de que un grupo de la sociedad quiera imponerse sobre los demás, simboliza la usurpación y las atrocidades con las que los latinoamericanos tuvieron que enfrentarse desde 1492 con la llegada de los Europeos en adelante. Además, los homicidios, el narcotráfico y el terrorismo de Angosta representan la realidad colombiana y, en este sentido, la vida del autor afectó mucho la escritura de esta obra, sobre todo a causa del asesinato de su padre. Por otro lado, Angosta adquiere un carácter distópico porque perfila un futuro en el que la violencia de América Latina llegará a ser cada vez más feroz y sangrienta así que seguirá siendo un rasgo imprescindible de la identidad latinoamericana. En el prólogo a la edición china de la obra, el autor subraya la característica fundamental de esta ciudad, o sea Angosta nace como representación del mundo entero y por eso, la mayoría de las ciudades de nuestra época pueden identificarse en Angosta: se trata de una crítica a las dinámicas de la globalización y a la relación entre el norte y el sur del mundo.
Entre Macondo y McOndo: alegoría y distopía en "Angosta" de Héctor Abad Faciolince
GREGORI, IRENE
2021/2022
Abstract
Angosta is a work of the Colombian writer Héctor Abad Faciolince that was published in 2003. The title comes from the name of the protagonist that is the literary city of Angosta. From a chronological point of view, this city was created after the most famous cities of the Latin American literature which are Macondo and McOndo. They affected most of the Latin American authors and they presented two different perspectives about the idea of the identity of Latin America. Analyzing the point of view of a contemporary author like Abad Faciolince about the identity of these countries is really interesting. Angosta takes some elements that characterized both Macondo and McOndo, but it develops a new perspective. As a matter of fact, the city created by Abad Faciolince brings together the modern and cosmopolitan city, that characterized McOndo, and the native, poor, and underdeveloped city, that is typical of Macondo. Angosta can be considered both an allegory and a dystopia. Firstly, the violence that characterized this city and the fact that a part of the society wants to prevail over others are symbols of the usurpation and the outrages that Latin Americans suffered from the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Secondly, murders, drug trafficking and terrorism are part of the life of the citizens of Angosta and these aspects represents what Colombian citizens have been living for decades. For this reason, it is possible to say that the life of the author influenced the writing process. For instance, his father was killed in Medellín. On the other hand, Angosta is also a dystopia because it anticipates that the violence will get worse and fiercer, and it will always be part of the identity of Latin America. In the prologue of the Chinese edition, Abad Faciolince underlines the fact that Angosta represents the whole world and most of today’s cities, so this work also criticizes some elements of the globalization and the relationship between the north and the south of the world.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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