Liminal cartography in Manuel Rojas´s narrative of Valparaíso

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46744/bapl.202502.002

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

Es profesora y licenciada en Filosofía. Tiene una maestría en Literatura Chilena e Hispanoamericana por la Universidad de Playa Ancha. Es doctora en Literatura por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Actualmente es investigadora posdoctoral de la Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo de Chile (ANID) en el Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. Sus intereses investigativos se centran en la crítica y poscrítica literaria, la interdisciplina y teoría literaria feminista.

Alexis Candia Cáceres, Universidad San Sebastián

Es periodista. Tiene una maestría en Literatura por la Universidad de Playa Ancha y una maestría en Escritura Narrativa por la Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Es doctor en Literatura por la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Actualmente, se desempeña como profesor en Literatura Chilena y Latinoamericana en la Universidad San Sebastián. Sus intereses investigativos se centran en el estudio de las ciudades latinoamericanas y el erotismo en la narrativa hispanoamericana. Es autor del libro El «paraíso infernal» en la narrativa de Roberto Bolaño.

Published
2026-01-05
How to Cite
Cristi Cabello, A. M., & Candia Cáceres, A. (2026). Liminal cartography in Manuel Rojas´s narrative of Valparaíso. Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua, (78), 51-80. https://doi.org/10.46744/bapl.202502.002
Issue
No 78 (2025): Julio - Diciembre
Section
Articles

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