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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I28-R249-article-176082026-03-31T11:44:59Z The Affliction of the “Respectable Families” in Para hechizar a un cazador by Luciano Lamberti and Our Share of Night by Mariana Enriquez El Mal de las “familias bien” en Para hechizar a un cazador de Luciano Lamberti y Nuestra parte de noche de Mariana Enriquez Seifert, Marcos Mal literatura argentina contemporánea gótico familismo terror de Estado Evil contemporary Argentine Literature Gothic familism State terror 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. Las novelas Para hechizar un cazador (2024) de Luciano Lamberti y Nuestra parte de noche (2019) de Mariana Enriquez comparten su condición de novelas de terror cuyas tramas abarcan acontecimientos y personajes que se conectan y aluden a la última dictadura militar argentina. Aunque en sus historias se imbrique el terrorismo de Estado con entidades sobrenaturales como modo de asociación con el Mal, se lee en ellas, más bien, un deslizamiento del vínculo entre crímenes de lesa humanidad y Mal Absoluto. En el lugar de esta articulación que tuvo para la sociedad de postdictadura el efecto de eximir a parte de la población de su inacción (Schwarzböck), estas narraciones destacan el lazo entre Mal y familia. Si bien las ansiedades por las familias y los niños han tenido un papel central en las ficciones de horror contemporáneo (Vedda), lo que distingue a estas novelas es la construcción de una familia invocadora del Mal que la aparta del lugar de víctima y permite abrir una ventana de cuestionamiento al imaginario y al discurso del familismo Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026-03-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/matadero/article/view/17608 10.34096/em.n19.17608 El Matadero Revista Crítica de Literatura Argentina; Núm. 19 (2025) 2683-9687 0329-9546 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/matadero/article/view/17608/15958 Derechos de autor 2026 Marcos Seifert |
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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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