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Gustavo Faverón Patriau
Este ensayo analiza el cuento “La gallina degollada”, de Horacio Quiroga, como una ficción autodeconstructiva (Miller) y como una representación de lo visible-invisible (Derrida). La idea central es que el cuento contiene en su interior ciertos elementos —notablemente, la escena final— que son cruciales para su interpretación pero, al mismo tiempo, son instintivamente eludidos por el lector, que prefiere reprimirlos antes que traerlos a la superficie, debido a su naturaleza de tabú. Específicamente, esos elementos se relacionan con la antropofagia y las dificultades de representarla.
This essay analyzes Horacio Quiroga’s short story “La gallina degollada” as a self-deconstructing fiction (J. Hillis Miller) and as an attempt to represent what was later called the visible-invisible (Derrida). The central idea is that Quiroga’s short story contains within it certain elements—notably in its final scene—that are crucial for its interpretation but, at the same time, are instinctively avoided by the reader, who prefers to repress them rather than bring them to the surface, due to its taboo nature. Specifically, these elements are related to the difficulties of representing and interpreting anthropophagy.
