The Affliction of the “Respectable Families” in Para hechizar a un cazador by Luciano Lamberti and Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez
The novels Para hechizar a un cazador (2024) by Luciano Lamberti and Nuestra parte de noche (2019) by Mariana Enriquez share their status as horror novels whose plots encompass events and characters are linked to Argentina’s last military dictatorship. While their narratives intertwine State terrori...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2026
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/matadero/article/view/17608 |
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| Sumario: | The novels Para hechizar a un cazador (2024) by Luciano Lamberti and Nuestra parte de noche (2019) by Mariana Enriquez share their status as horror novels whose plots encompass events and characters are linked to Argentina’s last military dictatorship. While their narratives intertwine State terrorism with supernatural entities as a means of associating it with Evil, they reveal, more precisely, a shift in the connection between crimes against humanity and Absolute Evil. In place of this articulation, which for post-dictatorship society had the effect of exempt part of the population from its inaction (Schwarzböck), these narratives foreground the bond between Evil and family. Although anxieties surrounding families and children have played a central role in contemporary horror fiction (Vedda), what sets these novels apart is their construction of a family that summons Evil, distancing it from the role of victim and opening a window for questioning the imaginary and discourse of familism. |
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