Artículo
Un detective en busca de la historia : Agosto de Rubem Fonseca
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e2448-6914
1665-8574
10.1016/j.larev.2016.11.010
Autor
Escobar Gómez, Armando
Institución
Resumen
In this article we propose to study August (1990), a novel of the Brazilian writer Rubem Fonseca, as a model for the analysis of a kind of fiction that, according to our hypothesis, is established as an alternative version that opposes and contradicts the history recognized as official. August has an overwhelming account of the facts, bribes, names, dates and locations that took place in a key month for the contemporary Brazilian history: August of 1954, month of the fall and death of Getúlio Vargas. Through a careful account of real situations (historical story), this novel hides in between lines the true extent of his fiction (detective story), which acquires a veracity that does not completely fit within the pure concept of “fiction” by questioning the official version to which it opposes and contradicts. Se propone la lectura de Agosto (1990), novela del escritor brasileño Rubem Fonseca, como modelo de análisis de un tipo de ficción que, según nuestra hipótesis, se establece como una versión alternativa que se opone y contradice a la historia reconocida como oficial. Agosto contiene una apabullante relación de hechos y cohechos, nombres y apellidos, fechas y locaciones, de un mes clave en la historia contemporánea de Brasil: agosto de 1954, mes de la caída y muerte de Getúlio Vargas.