La violencia como estética y temática en la obra Satanás de Mario Mendoza

Abstract

In this thesis, the violence is studied as aesthetic and thematic of the novel Satanás by Mario Mendoza, also it is studied as part of a larger narrative corpus that has become a subgenre of contemporary Latin American literature, known as the novel of the violence. The objective is to analyze violence as the narrative axis of this work, not only in its plot, but also as an articulator of the novel's aesthetics, in the construction of its characters, their scenarios, and their language. The analysis allows us to demonstrate that in the novel, the idea is developed that violence is not an option deliberately taken by the characters but that it exists in a generalized way in the everyday life of ordinary people in contemporary societies that, like the Colombian has assumed violence as a mode of existence.