Corporalidad y afecto en Umami (2015), de Laia Jufresa

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  • Olivia Vázquez Medina Wadham College, Oxford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/rl.v0i22.8771

Palabras clave:

Corporalidad, afecto, percepción sensorial, empatía narrativa, Laia Jufresa, Umami.

Resumen

El presente artículo aborda la interrelación entre lo corporal y lo afectivo en Umami (2015), la primera novela de la escritora mexicana Laia Jufresa. Se discute la riqueza de la imaginería sensorial en el texto y su rol al articular las subjetividades de los personajes. Se propone, asimismo, que el efecto de dicha dimensión sensorial, que en la novela va de la mano con lo afectivo, es invitar a una experiencia corporeizada de lectura. Si ello acrecienta la empatía narrativa por parte del lector, la novela de Jufresa complica cualquier posibilidad de un simple mimetismo afectivo entre personaje y lector mediante la disonancia dada por elementos que complejizan la textura narrativa y la dimensión afectiva del texto. Me refiero, en concreto, a una veta de suspenso que se desarrolla orgánicamente a lo largo del relato, entrelazándose con la pena y el duelo experimentados por los personajes. A partir del diálogo con un aparato teórico ecléctico, se arguye que Umami permite imaginar al sujeto –personaje y lector— como construido en la conjunción de las dimensiones corporal, afectiva y cognitiva.

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31-07-2019

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Vázquez Medina, O. (2019). Corporalidad y afecto en Umami (2015), de Laia Jufresa. Revista Letral, (22), 64–89. https://doi.org/10.30827/rl.v0i22.8771

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