Open AccessLa vorágine: Impunity, Memory and Human Rights
Author(s) -
Alfredo Duplat,
Andrés Ochoa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
revista de estudios colombianos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.101
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2474-6819
pISSN - 2474-6800
DOI - 10.53556/rec.v56i0.133
Subject(s) - impunity , narrative , humanity , distrust , state (computer science) , law , human rights , political science , sociology , art , literature , algorithm , computer science
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.