Violence, Myth and Sabotage in Cóbraselo caro by Elmer Mendoza

Abstract

Taking into account the foundations of Criticism as sabotaje, thisessay aims to analyze Élmer Mendoza’ s novel Cóbraselo caro as a performative efect of Juan Rulfo’s novel Pedro Páramo. Through the study of linguistic, thematicand situational relationships between these novels, shows that even if Cóbraselo caro is a performative efect of Pedro Páramo, implies Elmer Mendoza selfsabotaje in relation to many of his narrative work. It points out also that such aself-sabotage is carried out through the use of the Prehispanic myth of the bones

Keywords

• élmer mendoza, crítica como sabotaje
• mito prehispánico
• historia de la literatura mexicana
• performatividad