A spatial and temporal journey: women under patriarchal and dictatorial power in 'Eni Furtado no ha dejado de correr' by Alicia Kozameh

Abstract

Based on the spatial and temporal journey composed by Alicia kozame (Rosario, 1953) in her novel Eni Furtado no ha dejado de correr, this paper
analyzes the suffering and resistance of women who seek to achieve their own space within the patriarchal and dictatorial power. Throughout this
article, its purpose is to visualize the search for the literary space of the author herself; the spatial and temporal mobility of the two protagonists; the
pain and trauma caused by patriarchal and dictatorial oppression; certain spaces as a representation of parental power, as well as the struggle of women in a violent environment. Eni Furtado no ha dejado de correr, which was published in 2013, is the sixth narrative work by the Argentine writer Alicia Kozameh. In this novel, through various points of view covering multiple perspectives, a central fact has been configured: the sexual abuse
of a ten-year-old girl. Due to her own experience as a prisoner during the military dictatorship in Argentina, Alicia Kozameh dedicated herself to
writing on issues related to prison and exile in her early works. This novel, in particular, is considered one of the very representative examples among
his latest narrative novels, since it focuses on the private space of the family and the sexual abuse of minors; simultaneously, it incorporates another clue
to express political violence and exile in an implicit way, thus establishing an analogy between dictatorial violence and the patriarchal oppression
suffered by women. All of these have opened a broader vision to represent violence and trauma within Kozameh's literary universe. In short, through
this work I hope to put forward a different point of view, which will contribute to the expansion of thinking on gender, space and power.