La vorágine: Impunity, Memory and Human Rights

Authors

Andrés Molina-Ochoa, South Texas College
Alfredo Duplat, Minnesota State University, MankatoFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

Facing state institutions that neglected the prosecution of crimes against humanity, narrative fiction in Colombia is a privileged source to acknowledge those crimes. A notable example of this connection between impunity and narrative fiction is Rivera’s La vorágine (1924). The novel is not just a master narrative to denounce crimes against humanity but a fictional archive to fight against impunity. La vorágine fulfills a social function that echoes the human rights legal framework known as the right to the truth. This article bridges this type of narrative, which we call fictions of distrust and the right to the truth.

Department

World Languages and Cultures

Print ISSN

2474-6819

Publication Title

Revista de Estudios Colombianos

Recommended Citation

Duplat, Alfredo and Andrés Molina-Ochoa. “La vorágine: Impunity, Memory and Human Rights.” Revista de Estudios Colombianos 56 (2020): 18-28.

Publisher's Copyright and Source

Copyright © 2020 the Authors.

Published in Revista de Estudios Colombianos, volume 56, pages 19-28, on November 10, 2020. https://colombianistas.org/ojs/index.php/rec/article/view/133