Do coloniality and decoloniality exist in fictional texts? e Tungsten by César Vallejo

Abstract

We reiterate, first of all: is it possible to analyze coloniality in fictional texts? Strictly speaking, coloniality as a function present in literary texts no longer admits of discussion. Or what it does admit is reflecting on its modes of meaning. That is, what can be examined is the context of its operation. It not only operates as a modalizer in various textual planes but also in the relationships between the texts themselves: intertextuality (Kristeva), transtextuality and post-textuality. For example, in effect, it operates as part of the diegesis narrated in Amalia by José Mármol or in Borges's Historia del guerrero y la cautiva. Likewise, you can configure the prosopography of the characters as in Los Natchez by Chautebriand or in Cumandá or Drama entre savages by José León Mera. In addition, at a general level, it can be constituted in a saving, that is, a modeling device of meaning (intratextual plane) and designation (extratextual plane), decomposable into three levels: narrated matter, linguistic expression (lexicon, syntax, organization textual and in pragmatic terms, acting on the reading effect that the text promotes).