DESDE LA DISIDENCIA: LUCÍA ETXEBARRIA E IZABELA FILIPIAK EN RECLAMO DE LA AUTONOMÍA. (Spanish)

In Disagreement: Lucía Etxebarria and Izabela Filipiak in Searchof Autonomy. (English)

POLAND; SPAIN

The article presents a comparative analysis of two novels published in Spain and Poland almost at the same time: Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas (1997) by Lucia Etxebarria and Absolutna amnezja (1995) by Izabela Filipiak. Boththe Spanishand Polishwriters construct their narrations around the problem of cultural violence, asking about the ways to resist it. The two novels resemble eachother in that the authors feel free to approachtaboo subjects, suchas institutional oppression, male violence, female sexuality and absence of memory. Bothwriters also strive to shape dissident attitudes. Questioning the existing order allows the female protagonists to break the established norms, yet, at the same time, results in unstable identity and confusion. Importantly, bothauthors avoid clear-cut social classifications and portray their protagonists in a heterogeneous way withmaximum ambiguity. Bothnovels undoubtedly present an original contribution to literature due to their esthetic qualities and the themes they touchupon. Their value is also political and ethical as bothtexts reflect the age of sudden social changes. The comparative analysis reveals the universal character of the observed processes but also distinguishes some unique cultural features of the two novels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo propone un estudio comparativo de dos novelas publicadas en fechas similares en España y Polonia: Amor, curiosidad, prozac y dudas (1997) de Lucía Etxebarria y Absolutna amnezja (1995) de Izabela Filipiak. Ambas escritoras, la española y la polaca, han centrado sus relatos en la violencia cultural, reflexionando sobre las prácticas que permiten oponerse a su ejercicio. Sus novelas coinciden en plantear con plena libertad temas tabús (la sexualidad femenina, la opresión institucional, la violencia masculina, la desmemoria, etc.) y manifestar posturas disidentes. El cuestionamiento del orden existente permite a sus protagonistas superar las normas establecidas, aunque también es cierto que repercute en una desorientación identitaria. Es de notar que, en este sentido, ambas escritoras evitan un posicionamiento social fijo y representan a las mujeres de manera heterogénea, posiblemente indeterminada. Sin lugar a dudas, las novelas citadas, con sus aproximaciones temáticas y estéticas, aportan a la literatura una visión innovadora. Al mismo tiempo, como textos testimoniales de una época de bruscos cambios sociales, adquieren un valor ético y político significativo. Su análisis comparativo permite destacar el valor universal y las particularidades culturales de cada una de las entregas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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