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<journal-id>0188-2546</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Literatura mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Lit. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-2546</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-25462017000200125</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19130/iifl.litmex.28.2.2017.937</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El lenguaje del juego, de Daniel Sada: ¿un lugar para observar la violencia?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[El lenguaje del juego, by Daniel Sada: A Place to Observe Violence?]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Sperling]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Christian]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>28</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>125</fpage>
<lpage>148</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-25462017000200125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-25462017000200125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-25462017000200125&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Este artículo analiza críticamente la representación de la violencia en El lenguaje del juego de Daniel Sada. La construcción narrativa de la novela reside en una rígida dicotomía entre la figura idealizada de la familia y los elementos criminales, la cual conduce a la oposición de los ámbitos de la normalidad y la anomia. La novela orienta a su lector implícito con respecto a ambos extremos por medio de guiños metaficcionales que lo llevan a un &#8220;viaje (no) normal&#8221;, propio del thriller, convención que condiciona el sentido que adquiere la violencia representada. Este artículo contextualiza esta construcción de sentido dentro del mercado transnacional de libros y del discurso hegemónico sobre los actores criminales en México.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: This essay critically analyses the representation of violence in El lenguaje del juego by Daniel Sada. The narrative construction of this novel is based on a rigid dichotomy between the idealized figure of &#8220;family&#8221; and the criminal elements, which then lays the path to an opposition in the fields of &#8220;normality&#8221; and &#8220;abnormality&#8221;. The novel educates its implicit reader in matters of both extremes through &#8220;methafictional&#8221; triggers that lead to a &#8220;(ab) normal journey&#8221; common in thrillers; a particular convention that shapes the meaning the represented violence acquires. This article gives context to the construction of meaning within the international market of books and the hegemonic discourse on the criminal actors in Mexico.]]></p></abstract>
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