Liminal cartography in Manuel Rojas´s narrative of Valparaíso

Keywords: Manuel Rojas, Valparaíso, liminal cartography, border, 20th century.

Abstract

The following article analyzes the representation of the city of Valparaíso in the literary work of Manuel Rojas. It is proposed to read Valparaíso as a liminal cartography, since it assumes the characterization of a “city of passage”, where the possibility of change or transmutation takes place. Such change occurs not only geographically or spatially but also subjectively in the writer's characters. In this sense, it is evident that Valparaíso blurs the conception of “border” of the city, marked by the binary opposition center-margin, to show itself from the displacements and inter-being or liminal spaces. A continuous movement that allows us to think the relationship between writing and interstice.

Key words: Manuel Rojas, Valparaíso, liminal cartography, border, 20th century.

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Author Biographies

Ana María Cristi Cabello, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Doctora en Literatura, Magíster en Literatura, Licenciada en Filosofía. Actualmente investigo a las escritoras de la denominada generación literaria de 1938 en Chile, la crítica literaria feminista y la relación entre literatura y filosofía. Mis temas de interés son la teoría literaria feminista, la ecosofía y la cartografía como contra-metódo para el análisis de la literatura.  

 

Iván Alexis Candia Cáceres, Universidad San Sebastián

Alexis Candia-Cáceres received a B.A. in journalism, an M.A. in Literature from the Universidad de Playa Ancha, as well as a Ph.D. and a postdoctorate in Literature from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He is currently a researcher at the Centro de Estudios Avanzados (CEA) of the Universidad de Playa Ancha, Chile. His research focuses on contemporary Latin American narrative: comparative studies of Roberto Bolaño's literature, representations of eroticism in Latin American narrative, and the construction of urban imaginaries in the city of Valparaíso. Within the framework of this last line of research, Candia-Cáceres has developed the project "Disidencia, desborde y catástrofe en los imaginarios urbanos de Valparaíso (1914-2014)”.

Published
2026-01-05
How to Cite
Cristi Cabello, A. M., & Candia Cáceres, I. A. (2026). Liminal cartography in Manuel Rojas´s narrative of Valparaíso. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua, (78), 51-80. Retrieved from https://revistas.apl.org.pe/index.php/boletinapl/article/view/1273
Issue
No 78 (2025): Julio - Diciembre
Section
Articles

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