The use of parody as an artistic tool in Jorge Holguín Uribe’s Danzas privadas. Manual de rituales (Private dances. Manual of rituals)

Abstract

This article addresses the artistic value of Danzas privadas. Manual de rituales by Jorge Holguín  Uribe  from  the  use  of  parody to analyze to what extent it can be subscribed within the literary world. The characteristics of the text in form and content, as well as its  description  as  a  “manual”,  present  a difficulty when attempting an initial literary approximation. Nevertheless, considering the wide variety of the global literary spectrum, as  well  as  the  various  accepted  theories through time, it is pertinent to analyze in detail some of these, and thus, allow the text itself to reveal its full artistic value. For this  purpose,  Linda  Hutcheson’s  study  on postmodern parody will be analyzed, and complemented by sketches from the studies on literary language by Roman Jakobson and Vítor Manuel de Aguiar e Silva. Furthermore, Paul Ricœur’s hermeneutical considerations are   also   included   as   an   initial   input   and   Umberto Eco’s lists definitions are taken in its full value to set up this literary analysis.