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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>S0188-25462020000200085</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.19130/iifl.litmex.2020.31.2.0004</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Vulnerabilidad y retribución: hacia una estética de la cuentística de Xavier Vargas Pardo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Vulnerability and Retribution: in Search of the Aesthetics of Xavier Vargas Pardo&#8217;s Short Stories]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Estrada Orozco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Miguel]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Brown University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>85</fpage>
<lpage>109</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-25462020000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-25462020000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-25462020000200085&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El libro Céfero (1961), de Xavier Vargas Pardo, permaneció desatendido por la crítica hasta años recientes. Las reseñas inmediatas a su publicación enfatizaron su particular uso del habla rural del Bajío mexicano, mientras que los enfoques contemporáneos han optado por la interpretación de los hechos violentos descritos en los once cuentos del volumen. A la par de esta violencia, en el volumen surge otra constante como correlativo necesario: la vulnerabilidad de sus personajes. El presente artículo propone una revaloración crítica del libro de Vargas Pardo a través del análisis de las condiciones de vulnerabilidad de los personajes sujetos y/o perpetradores de esta violencia, así como los actos de retribución por agentes no-humanos que ofrecen un balance inesperado ante la ausencia de justicia que domina en el libro del michoacano.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The book Céfero (1961), by Xavier Vargas Pardo, remained unattended by critics until recent years. Reviews right after its publication emphasized its particular use of the rural speech from central Mexico, while contemporary approaches have favored interpretations of the violent deeds described in the eleven short stories of the volume. Next to this violence, another element in the book emerges as a necessary correlative: characters&#8217; vulnerability. This article offers a critical revalorization of Vargas Pardo&#8217;s book through the analysis of the conditions of vulnerability in the characters who are both subjects and/or perpetrators of the violence, as well as the acts of retribution by non-human agents who offer an unexpected balance to the absence of justice dominating the book from Michoacán.]]></p></abstract>
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<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio José]]></given-names>
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<source><![CDATA[Sobre la violencia: seis reflexiones marginales]]></source>
<year>2009</year>
<publisher-loc><![CDATA[Barcelona ]]></publisher-loc>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Paidós]]></publisher-name>
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