Precarity and Its Metaphors: Falla humana by Diamela Eltit

 

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Verfasser: Cabrera, Federico
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2026
Beschreibung:This article aims to analyze the novel Falla humana (2023) by Diamela Eltit by examining the rhetorical configurations of the notion of precarity. To this end, the study adopts a theoretical and methodological perspective that treats literature as a distinct form of social discourse. Through this lens, the article argues—as a central hypothesis—that the category of precarity functions within the novel as an ideologeme. Precarity structures the narrative not only in its representation of a social and political landscape decimated by the encroachment of neoliberal logic on life but also through the deployment of metaphors exploring the subversive potential of literary practices in contexts of vulnerability. Accordingly, the analysis focuses on three key topics: the spatial and temporal construction of the narrative, the building of barricades as a strategy of resistance, and the labor of the narrators.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/6363
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rkanina/article/view/6363
Stichwort:Precarity
metaphors
mythologies
neoliberalism
Diamela Eltit
Precariedad
metáforas
mitologías
neoliberalismo
Précarité
métaphores
néolibéralisme