What Remains after the Catastrophe
Scriptural and Visual Representations in Las bellas catástrofes (2017) by Jacqueline Goldberg and Las homicidas (2019) by Alia Trabucco Zerán
Abstract
This article will address the notion of catastrophe in the works Las bellas catástrofes (2017) by Jacqueline Goldberg (Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1966) and Las homicidas (2019) by Alia Trabucco Zerán (Santiago de Chile, 1983), which aims to reveal their representation through the rest by incorporating the visual (photographic) image into literary texts to enable their recording and activation. The selected books will be discussed in relation to the theoretical ideas of authors such as Giorgio Agamben, Bedour Algra, Georges Didi-Huberman, Félix Duque and Niall Ferguson. This article will be circulated as a projection, a broader field of research on how literature is incorporated into contemporary discourse about the appropriation of other formats (visual, object-based, or archival), and their interdisciplinary transfer. In this case, the focus is on the concept of catastrophe in philosophy and political science.
Submitted: Sept. 22, 2024 | Accepted: Nov. 17, 2025 | Published Dec. 12, 2025 | Language: es
Keywords Catastrophe • Siglo XXI • Poetry • Catástrofe • Poesía • Twenty-first century • Rest • Resto • Latin American writers • Fotografía • Photograph • Escritoras latinoamericanas
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