Plant Invasions: The Eco-Fantastic In Three Short Stories By Contemporary Argentine Women Writers
Abstract
Nowadays there is a consensus about the outstanding capacity of the fantastic genre to make use of its own motifs and mechanisms to address contemporary social issues. This is the case of three short stories written by contemporary Argentinean authors: «La mancha» (2017), by Patricia Ratto, «Miedo al sauce» (2019), by Gabriela Colombo and «Septiembre en la piel» (2019), by Yanina Rosenberg. In this essay we propose to read them from an eco-fantastic perspective, in which the supernatural –conceived here as the invasion of nature in territories of everyday human life–, acquires the sense of ecological complaint. Besides, these texts also reflect on gender issues, specifically the bonds between women and the mysteries and forces of nature.
Keywords
The fantastic, ecofeminism, Argentine woman writers, vegetal world.References
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