El perfil del detective en la literatura criminal de Taibo II: Héctor Belascorán Shayne o la humanización del héroe detectivesco
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Resumen: En este artículo se va a ahondar en la narrativa criminal del autor mexicano Paco Ignacio Taibo II a través de la figura de su investigador principal: Héctor Belascoarán Shayne. Utilizando la conexión del hard boiled de los maestros norteamericanos con la realidad urbana y su inherente capacidad para la reflexión crítica sobre la problemática política y social, Taibo II adapta este discurso literario al caso de México para denunciar el entramado sistemático de prácticas ilegales que dirige el corrupto Gobierno mexicano: el auténtico culpable de esta situación. Con vistas a este propósito, crea a este investigador privado: un antihéroe cargado de una gran cantidad de referencias cómplices con el ciudadano medio mexicano que emprende una lucha feroz contra este sistema fallando una y otra vez. Así, además de encerrar un incisivo poder para la concienciación, emerge como un instrumento perfecto para la expresión del desencanto y la frustración ciudadana.
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Abstract: This article will explore Paco Ignacio Taibo II's crime fiction by looking into its main sleuth character: Héctor Belascoarán Shayne. Taibo II adapts the USA hard-boiled tradition that combines the depiction of urban reality and the inherent capacity for critical refection on the political and social quandary to the Mexican context. His objective is to expose the systematic network of illegal practices led by the corrupt Mexican government. The author conceives his private investigator as an antihero, closely resembling the average Mexicancitizen, who fails repeatedly in his fierce struggle against the system. As a result, the character establishes himself as a strong source of awareness-raising, as well as the perfect instrument for the expression of the citizen’s disappointment and frustration.
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