To Overflow Writing: Azulinaciones, the Deconstruction of the Pulsional Novel

Abstract

The novel Azulinaciones (1990) by Natasha Salguero constitutes an important referent of experimentation with language, de-centering of canonical literature and affirmation of a feminine writing of excess and overflow. This fragmentary writing is presented through critical categories such as différance and dissemination, taken from Jacques Derrida’s theory of deconstruction. With these elements it is possible to approach a reading from the margins of the literary world, where perspectives occupy other places in the interpretation and writing maneuvers of Salguero’s novel, configuring an aesthetics of the everyday. In addition, the importance of the relationship between language and transiting a space is rescued, in order to turn the fictional space into a living and moving space. In short, Azulinaciones becomes an example of the “pulsional novel” that dissociates itself from the rationalizing and outdated hierarchies of literature, to propose a unique game in terms of the art of writing and the deconstruction of literary forms.