El erotismo en la novela "Necrópolis" de Santiago Gamboa

Abstract

This study aims at analyzing the role of eroticism in the novel “Necrópolis” written by Santiago Gamboa, a writer from Bogotá, Colombia. Therefore, some theoretical support was examined in order to clarify key concepts about eroticism. In this regard, the definitions provided by George Bataille, Octavio Paz and Michel Foucault in their work Eroticism, The Double Flame, and History of Sexuality were mainly taken into account to conduct the present work. Initially, the author Santiago Gamboa is introduced with his most outstanding biographical facts, placing his narrative universe in the context of contemporary Latin American literature. After that, the document shows a critical review of the novel "Necrópolis", assessing its scope and contributions to the national narrative. Finally, the study focuses on the way in which eroticism is addressed in two chapters that were taken to provide the reader with clear examples of the main concept.

The first chapter is entitled "The Survivor", it tells the story of a businessman called Moisés Kaplan. The chapter clearly exhibits narrative strategies used to address the concept of desire and its variables; the other chapter is entitled "Garden of rare flowers", a first-person narration by Sabina Vedovelli, a pornographic film diva, who offers details of her life and work. Theoretical approaches regarding the main topic of this study have been taken into account, they have served to consolidate personal visions applied to the study of the aforementioned work. Thus, thanks to the aesthetic approach offered by the literary work, it is possible to appreciate how certain concepts of the orb of the erudition and the privacy are intimately linked with those other dimensions of any individual and how they potentially might affect people’s interactions.