Los padres del monstruo: El origen del mal en Nuestra piel muerta, de Natalia García Freire

Abstract

The present study proposes to identify the new representations of the monster in the context of the literature of the 21st century, particularly in the narrative produced by the most recent generation of Ecuadorian women writers. This proposal aims to abandon the idea that the terrifying materializes only in the form of imposing beasts and/or supernatural or fantastic phenomena; recognizing that evil originates and invades the areas closest to us. Therefore, it is proposed to analyze how childhood is constituted in the stage of the origin of evil (violence and madness) through the monstrous in the play Nuestra piel muerta (2019), by Natalia García Freire. This study will be carried out through a critical analysis of the work, based on discourse analysis with authors such as Gabriel Giorgi, 2009; Adolfo Vásquez, 2012; Carmen Molina, 2004; Paz Velasco de la Fuente, 2018, among others.