Two approaches to innovate in feminist crime novels

Abstract

The canon of detective novels in increasing quantity and quality constitutes a kind of seismograph that detects the movements of human passions and the profound transformations of society. Gender constitutes an aesthetic category that allows a better understanding of reality. The novels of Batya Gur and Mercedes Giuffré stand out for being an investigation of identity that tries to understand the changing being of a nation.

Identity is a reality that flows and always challenges in different areas: personal, institutional, family, therefore, the inhabitants of a country. Additionally, there are many ways to approach it: from philosophy, sociology, psychology... Who are we? Where do we come from? Where do we go? They are unavoidable questions for human beings that are not apathetic for them. Literature offers a somewhat holistic and always aesthetic inquiry into this search. Gur and Giuffré fall into this category by presenting innovative and engaging novels.

The innovation in the way these writers portray the genre is given by an imagination taken to the limit to understand the identity of a nation. Along with the aesthetic pleasure of agile and careful styles, questions that invite reflection remain in the reader's memory. The investigation of identity is presented with open and suggestive views.