The Art of Political Murder de Francisco Goldman y el policial de no-ficción entre Estados Unidos y Guatemala

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/7180

Keywords:

Crime Novel, New Journalism, No-fiction, Center-American postwar

Abstract

This essay analyses the use of crime fiction in Francisco Goldman’s reportage The Art of Political Murder, and the contribution this makes to political change in the recent history of Guatemala. The aim of Goldman’s investigative report was not just to find a murderer, but above all to criticize the abuses of power perpetrated with impunity by the ‘State’, and the practices put in place to eradicate dissidence. To understand how the features of detective fiction are used in journalism to support the search for truth, the essay examines the social power of different typologies of Crime Novel. Goldman’s The Art of Political Murder is read from the viewpoint of literary Testimonio, against the Guatemalan and Central-American literary background, to see how it can contribute to the current struggle for identity.

Author Biography

  • Andrea Pezzé, University of Coimbra

    Andrea Pezzè es investigador postdoctoral en el Centro de Estudos Sociais da
    Universidade de Coimbra, con un proyecto de investigación sobre la literatura policial
    reciente en América Central. Sus intereses de científicos se han centrado desde el
    Doctorado en dicho género, primero en la literatura del Cono Sur de América para
    después ensancharse a diferentes países del subcontinente. Entre sus publicaciones
    Marginalità della letteratura poliziesca ispanoamericana (Roma, 2009) y Lo barroco en lo
    policial (Bogotà, 2013). Ha publicado artículos de crítica en revistas europeas y
    americanas y ha sido editor del volumen Cinema e letteratura in ambito iberico e
    iberoamericano (Salerno, 2010, con Loris Tassi) y del número monográfico sobre
    Roberto Bolaño de la revista Pagine inattuali (3, 2013, con Alessio Mirarchi).

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Published

2016-05-31

Issue

No. 15 (2016): La finzione della legge. Crimine, giustizia, fatti e finzione.

Section

Saggi Ensayos Essais Essays

How to Cite

“The Art of Political Murder de Francisco Goldman Y El Policial de No-Ficción entre Estados Unidos Y Guatemala”. 2016. Altre Modernità, no. 15 (May): 120-34. https://doi.org/10.13130/2035-7680/7180.