Abstract

CARRASCO RODRIGUEZ, Aníbal Gabriel. The intrusion of Gaia in Un verdor terrible (2020) by Benjamín Labatut. Valenciana [online]. 2024, vol.17, n.33, pp.7-31.  Epub May 31, 2024. ISSN 2007-2538.  https://doi.org/10.15174/rv.v16i33.727.

In the present work we analyze the novel Un verdor terrible (2020) by Benjamín Labatut as a text that dialogues with the representations around the Anthropocene. From this planetary context we understand the monstrosity of scientists and of science in terms of Gothic literature. The rupture of the frameworks of representation causes the emergence of the monstrosity of science. This rupture has similarities with the anamorphic aesthetic described by psychoanalysis, which is characterized by the annihilation of the subject of the representation. We weave these two threads, Anthropocene and gothicity, to point out the intrusion and insurgency of Gaia within the novel as a destabilizing factor of affections.

Keywords : Ecocriticism; Anthropocene/Androcene; Gothic; Affect; Science.