Narrative processes for the distortion of being in its reality in the novel Qué hacer by Pablo Katchadjian

Authors

  • Montserrat Cano Aparicio Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32870/revistaargos.v13.n31.e0213

Keywords:

Experimental novel, Discontinuous temporality, current literature, specter, Literary analysis

Abstract

Qué hacer (2010) by Pablo Katchadjian is an experimental novel composed with different elements that we will analyze in this article: the fascination with discontinuous temporality and each of the fragments that make it up, such as deviations in time and place and fragmentations. This novel has very important contributions to the study of current literature, since it contains very timely elements that allow for a very good example of the evolution of combinations of different well-made elements. The game in which it traps the reader is extremely attractive, and with each rereading, greater ways of analyzing it are found, making it an endless loop of theories. In this sense, it is very assertive for the reader's curiosity. In this way, this article proposes a little of those theories from which this novel is analyzed, amplifying the spectrum of its study a little more.

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Published

2025-12-27

How to Cite

Cano Aparicio, M. (2025). Narrative processes for the distortion of being in its reality in the novel Qué hacer by Pablo Katchadjian. Argos Journal, 13(31), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.32870/revistaargos.v13.n31.e0213

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 31 (2026): January-June

Section

Literary discussion

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