La metaficción en la novela cubana del Periodo Especial

Abstract

Despite having dissimilar purposes and results, the use of metafiction in Cuban narrative has been constant since the nineties. After establishing their context and placing them on the theoretical-critical map, the author analyzes El bosque, el lobo y el hombre nuevo by Senel Paz, La nada cotidiana by Zoé Valdés, Las bestias by Ronaldo Menéndez, La fiesta vigilada by Antonio José Ponte and La sombra del caminante by Ena Lucía Portela, in order to identify the use of different metafictional strategies and show their influence on the criticism of “the new man” and the symbolic imaginary of the Cuban Revolution.