Sangre ajena: el testimonio de un sicario
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.elc.17355Abstract
El texto de Sangre ajena de Arturo Alape explora la vida de un sicario en las calles de Medellín a través del testimonio de Ramón Chatarra. El fenómeno de los sicarios viene de una mezcla de factores sociales, económicos y políticos que el estado colombiano no ha enfrentado y a través del testimonio de Ramón Chatarra, esos factores se convierten en una realidad truculenta. La voz de Chatarra cuenta su historia, es una voz que representa a muchos individuos y hace patente que sus experiencias como sicario no son únicas, sino que son las de una generación de jóvenes desplazados de los privilegios de la ciudad. En este trabajo se analiza el funcionamiento testimonial de Sangre ajena y se demuestra cómo el texto utiliza los recursos del testimonio para retratar la existencia del mundo de Ramón Chatarra.
Descriptores: Alape, Arturo; Sangre ajena; Novela testimonio; Literatura de violencia; Sicario.
Abstract: Arturo Alape's book, Sangre ajena, explores the life of a sicario in the streets of Medellín. The phenomenon of los sicarios comes to life through the testimony of Ramón Chatarra, whose story reveals many of the social, economical, and political factors that contribute to the crisis-a crisis, in which, the Colombian government has yet to resolve. Chatarra´s voice presents us with a first hand account of this overwhelming reality. He speaks for many and his experiences are not unique but rather those of a generation of young people marginalized from the privileges of society. This essay analyzes the testimonial elements presented in Sangre ajena and demonstrates the ways in which the text emulates the style of a testimonio in order to convince the reader of the existence of Ramon Chatarra's violent world.
Key words: Alape, Arturo; Sangre ajena; Testimonio; Literatura of Violence; Sicario.
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Authors who publish in Estudios de Literatura Colombiana must meet the following criteria for authorship:
- Substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work; and the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work.
- Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content.
- Final approval of the version to be published.
- Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
In addition, the authors agree to the following terms:
- The authors are accountable for the content of the work.
- Estudios de Literatura Colombiana is not responsible for aspects related to copying, plagiarism or fraud that may appear in the articles published in it.
- It is the authors' responsibility to obtain the necessary permissions to reproduce any copyrighted material. When photographs or personal data are to be reproduced and disseminated in printed or digital form, informed consent is required. Therefore, this requirement must be met by the authors upon receipt of the manuscript.
- The authors retain moral rights and transfer their economic rights to Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, which will correspond to the Universidad de Antioquia, to publish the articles on the website, brochures, social networks, distribute electronic copies, include them in indexing services, directories, national and international database repositories, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Commercial License (CC BY-NC-SA).
- The authors will sign the declaration of transfer of economic rights to the Estudios de Literatura Colombiana, after acceptance of the manuscript.
- Authors may not withdraw the manuscript once it has been approved for publication. Otherwise they will have to bear the costs of the process. If they intend to withdraw the manuscript before its approval, they must send an official statement approved by all the authors.
- The material created by you may be distributed, copied and exhibited by third parties if and only if it is specified in the credits. No commercial benefit may be obtained and derived works must be compulsorily under the same terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Commercial License (CC BY-NC-SA) used in the original work.
