A modern and baroque alter aesthetic in Polvo, Sombra, Nada de Luis Quiroga

Abstract

This work analyzes the alter modern and baroque aesthetic developed by Luis Quiroga in his novel “Polvo, Sombra, Nada”. Some concepts of the Theory of Form formulated by Carlos Rojas are used to study the novel as a symbolic machine of high complexity, constructed in radical opposition to the hegemonic banality, in search of the overcoming of the postmodern canon, especially the loss of depth of the narrative genre. The analysis of the novel is done through the examination of the following components: its structure in the form of a fold; a high level of experimentalism; the construction of a multiplicity of characters and their quasi-historical plot that is questioned by the meaning of human existence; its literary goal dimension; the use of the heteronymous device in the author's work; the space-time loop of the text. Finally, this work aims to disseminate the contributions of Quiroga in the development of an alter modern aesthetic of Baroque sign, from the narrative that is produced in Ecuador today. 

Keywords: Ecuador, baroque novel, alter modern aesthetic, Polvo-Sombra-Nada, Luis Quiroga.