FROM THE SYMBOL WOMAN TO THE POLITICS OF WOMAN IN ROBERTO BOLANO'S LOS DETECTIVES SALVAJES(THE SAVAGE DETECTIVES) Y 2666: A FEMINIST READING

This text will address the figure of women in two fundamental novels by Roberto Bolano: Los detectives salvajes(The savage detectives) (1998) and 2666 (2004). In the first, the aim is to corroborate the existence of a sacred elaboration of women. In this regard, it is worth considering the figure of Cesarea Tinajero not only as the myth of the avant-garde artist, but as the avant-garde itself. In regard to 2666, specifically in "La parte de los crimenes", the aim is to account for a revealing twist in Bolano's perspective regarding women, who stop being a literary symbol to become a political subject; highlighting in such a way, a central issue for feminism, gender violence.