Narrativa criminal escrita por mulleres: cinco novelas galegas

Abstract

[Resumo] En 1984 foi publicada Crime en Compostela, de Carlos G. Reigosa, considerada a obra inaugural da novela criminal en galego. A pesar do relativo éxito editorial do xénero, poucas escritoras o frecuentarán: a primeira, Laura Caveiro, autora de Polas inmensas e alleas fortunas (1995). Neste traballo revísanse as achegas posteriores das escritoras galegas á narrativa criminal –Matei un home (2003) de An Alfaya, Sete caveiras (2014) de Elena Gallego, O faro escuro (2015) de María López Sández e Compostela Noire (2016) de Blanca Riestra–, para as situar en relación cos clixés do xénero e coa definición de arquetipos de personaxes femeninos (e masculinos).[Abstract] Crime in Compostela was published in 1984 by Carlos G. Reigosa, considered the inaugural work of the criminal novel in Galician. Despite the relative editorial success of the genre, few women writers will cultivate it: the first, Laura Caveiro, author of Polas inmensas e alleas fortunas (1995). This paper reviews the later contributions of Galician women writers to criminal narrative –Matei un home (2003) de An Alfaya, Sete caveiras (2014) de Elena Gallego, O faro escuro (2015) de María López Sández e Compostela Noire (2016) de Blanca Riestra–, to place them in relation to the clichés of the genre and with the definition of archetypes of female (and male) characters.