Nas entrelinhas de uma história de amor: a ditadura argentina no conto Quarta Versão de Luiza Valenzuela

Abstract

This analysis is part of an ongoing doctoral thesis research, in which the bodies, voices and transits present in the work of the argentine writer called Luisa Valenzuela and inserted in a context of political repression and authoritarianism are objects of study. Here, we focused on the short story "Quarta Versão", which is present in the book Troca d'Armas, by the contemporary writer mentioned above. This author lived in Argentina during the dictatorial period, known as "Guerra Sucia" (1976-1983) and had her works censored, eventually resorting to exile. This experience can be observed in titles such as Troca d'Armas and Novela Negra com Argentinos. The author chose the female voice to retell the story, from a different perspective from the official version, taking advantage to expose the systems of gender oppression and breaking taboos. Here, we try to show this critical political moment by the female and feminist voice in narrating, in the foreground, the love affair between Bella - the protagonist - and Pedro - an ambassador. In our literary criticism, we seek to observe possible contributions of the so-called "decolonial feminism" and "other feminisms" in the gender debate, inspired by Betty Lerma (2010), Rocio Martin (2013), Josefina Ludmer Gloria Anzaldúa, among others.