Representation of Violence in Matar a los viejos (2001) by Chilean Writer Carlos Droguett

Abstract

The objective of this article is to analyze the textual, literary and discursive dimensions under which the Chilean writer Carlos Droguett represents the historical violence that occurred in Chile. For this, the posthumous novel by the author Matar a los viejos (2001), published by LOM Ediciones in Chile, is taken as the main reference. Through the author’s aesthetic and narrative proposal, it is possible to recognize that, along with fictionally representing violence, the author opens an exceptional literary space for the establishment of a revolution.