Cicatrices y tormentas: el pasado en cuestión. Memoria post-dictatorial en Nocturno de Chile de Bolaño y en crónicas de Lemebel

Following Nelly Richard’s point of view about the closure of dictatorial past held out by the rhetoric of consensus in Chilean Transition to democracy, this paper examines two literary responses to this closure. On the one hand, Lemebel’s chronicles claim a place for collective memory of the silenced in public space. On the other hand, Bolaño’s novel, Nocturno de Chile, subverts the dictatorial official memory from within. In both cases, the interpretation of the past is problematized, contributing to keep memory alive.En este trabajo, retomamos los planteos de Nelly Richard en torno a la clausura del pasado dictatorial instrumentado por la retórica del consenso en la transición chilena a la democracia, para examinar dos respuestas distintas que dio la literatura a esta clausura mediante la reinscripción de las memorias subterráneas excluidas por el discurso hegemónico. Por un lado, las crónicas de Lemebel otorgan un lugar en el espacio público a estas memorias acalladas. Por otro lado, Nocturno de Chile de Bolaño subvierte la memoria oficial de la dictadura desde su interior. En ambos casos, se problematiza la interpretación del pasado, contribuyendo a mantener viva la memoria.Following Nelly Richard’s point of view about the closure of dictatorial past held out by the rhetoric of consensus in Chilean Transition to democracy, this paper examines two literary responses to this closure. On the one hand, Lemebel’s chronicles claim a place for collective memory of the silenced in public space. On the other hand, Bolaño’s novel, Nocturno de Chile, subverts the dictatorial official memory from within. In both cases, the interpretation of the past is problematized, contributing to keep memory alive.Following Nelly Richard’s point of view about the closure of dictatorial past held out by the rhetoric of consensus in Chilean Transition to democracy, this paper examines two literary responses to this closure. On the one hand, Lemebel’s chronicles claim a place for collective memory of the silenced in public space. On the other hand, Bolaño’s novel, Nocturno de Chile, subverts the dictatorial official memory from within. In both cases, the interpretation of the past is problematized, contributing to keep memory alive