Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading
This article proposes a new reading of Venezuelan oil novels Mene and Guachimanes from the theoretical framework of geological writing. While literary criticism has focused on anthropocentric aspects of these novels, a geological analysis considers other factors within their narratives (non-human ag...
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| description | This article proposes a new reading of Venezuelan oil novels Mene and Guachimanes from the theoretical framework of geological writing. While literary criticism has focused on anthropocentric aspects of these novels, a geological analysis considers other factors within their narratives (non-human agency, materiality of bodies, and accumulation processes). I argue that reading these novels from this materialist perspective enables us to highlight substantial narrative elements in oil fiction that other readings have not adequately addressed, which has led to the literary devaluation of these petrofictions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e4c3e3c7d227430dbed33cb061d0b3fd2022-12-22T04:00:34ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472022-08-0110189511610.5195/ct/2022.527240Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological ReadingRaquel Abend van Dalen0University of HoustonThis article proposes a new reading of Venezuelan oil novels Mene and Guachimanes from the theoretical framework of geological writing. While literary criticism has focused on anthropocentric aspects of these novels, a geological analysis considers other factors within their narratives (non-human agency, materiality of bodies, and accumulation processes). I argue that reading these novels from this materialist perspective enables us to highlight substantial narrative elements in oil fiction that other readings have not adequately addressed, which has led to the literary devaluation of these petrofictions.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/527literatura venezolananovelapetroficciónescritura geológicapetróleo |
| spellingShingle | Raquel Abend van Dalen Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana literatura venezolana novela petroficción escritura geológica petróleo |
| title | Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading |
| title_full | Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading |
| title_short | Mene and Guachimanes: Toward a Geological Reading |
| title_sort | mene and guachimanes toward a geological reading |
| topic | literatura venezolana novela petroficción escritura geológica petróleo |
| url | http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/527 |
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