The latin american literary decolonization by Gutiérrez

an anti-exotic review on the work Trilogía sucia de La Habana

Abstract

This article supports the thesis of Latin American literary decolonization through an anti-exotic re-reading proposal on the work Trilogía Sucia de La Habana (1998) by Cuban writer Pedro Juan Gutiérrez  (1950-  ). The rereading was carried out from the perception of the work as an experience of literature in Latin America that must be understood from the decolonial movements of its author, not adhering to hegemonic models in the literary field and creating paths consistent with their place of expression. This movement was based on a resumption of Silviano Santiago's  (1936-   ) critical literary theory about the between-place of Latin American discourse, which served as an analytical guiding thread. In this trajectory, we established dialogues with other studies on cultural and literary translation on this continent, especially regarding theoretical approaches to anthropophagy, heterogeneity, narrative transculturation, as well as with Latin American decolonial studies, among other pertinent studies, in order to highlight in the Trilogy the thesis of literary decolonization proposed by Gutiérrez. Thus, we subvert the exoticism imposed by Euro-American criticism on this work, pointing out plausible paths for critical approaches on it.