Silences and noises in Latin American history in the short story Só vim telefonar, by Gabriel García Márquez

Abstract

The aim of this study is to interpret the short story Só vim telefonar, which makes up the book Doze contos peregrinos, written by Gabriel García Márquez (1992). Through this narrative, the pilgrimage of the character María de la Luz Cervantes is analyzed in terms of her representation of violence that contextualized the years of dictatorial regimes in Latin America. For methodological purposes, this is a qualitative work, with interpretative characteristics. Based on the analysis of the story and the literary representation, it is possible to affirm that the violence of the dictatorship oppressed society, silenced, exiled, marked and violated Latin Americans. In effect, García Márquez narrates the suffering of his character María and does it in a fictional way without ceasing to represent the harshness and stupidity that permeate exiles.