Perder es cuestión de método de Santiago Gamboa: los nuevos caminos de la novela negra en Colombia
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El artículo analiza la novela Perder es cuestión de método del escritor Santiago Gamboa a partir de la forma como esta se inscribe dentro del género policíaco y enfatiza en las variaciones frente a los modelos canónicos del género. Se discute también el tono de la obra el cual va de lo serio a lo jocoso. Se analiza cómo las referencias literarias, televisivas, cinematográficas revelan el afán del autor por hacer de la cultura popular y masiva un referente válido en la construcción de obras literarias, y su uso del género policíaco como un vehículo apropiado para expresar las tensiones, los conflictos y la profunda corrupción de la sociedad colombiana, donde el crimen y la impunidad, más que elementos anómicos, perversos o desviados, se han convertido en la norma, en la ley misma.
Descriptores: Gamboa, Santiago; Perder es cuestión de método; Novela policíaca; Cultura popular; Crimen; Impunidad; Géneros literarios.
Abstract: This article studies the novel Perder es cuestión de método by Santiago Gamboa contextualized in the tradition of the detective novel. It stresses the differences between this novel and the canonic model of this genre and analyzes the tone of the novel by addressing its combination of the grave and the humorous. There is in the novel a constant reference to elements of popular culture, especially movies and TV shows; these references respond to the author's intention to enrich the genre and transform it into a powerful vehicle to express tensions, conflicts and the corruption of Colombian society, where crime and impunity have become normal issues and, in some moments, substitution for the law itself.
Key words Gamboa, Santiago; Perder es cuestión de método; Detective novel; Popular culture; Crime; Impunity; Literary Genre.
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