Dialectical Shades of Noir: The Case of Ignacio Padilla’s Espiral de artillería

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  • Erik Larson

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https://doi.org/10.18192/rceh.v43i2.4653

Abstract

This article analyzes the dialectical tension of the noir genre as it appears in Ignacio Padilla’s Espiral de artillería (2003). Within the noir dialectic, the protagonist’s very efforts to establish himself as subject, render him a prisoner of his own scheming. Such dialectic movement, according to Hegelian theory, allows the anti-hero to encounter traces of himself within the outside world. Though such an encounter typically has tragic implications in most noir works, within the context of the Mexican Crack, it reflects the author’s desire to affirm globality and World Literature.

Author Biography

Erik Larson

Associate Professor at Brigham Young University

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2020-04-19

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