Journalism and novel: three methods of “canibalisation” in Era como mi sombra by Pilar Lozano

Abstract

Carlos Sánchez Lozano is a Spanish teacher, a book reviewer for the Boletín Cultural y Bibliográfico del Banco de la República and a consultant on topics in the area of literacy. This article is based, with minor modifications, on Chapter 3 of his master’s thesis in Literary Studies "El conflicto armado en Colombia en dos novelas juveniles".

Sánchez Lozano focuses on the young-adult novel Era como mi sombra by journalist and writer Pilar Lozano, exploring how the author uses her journalistic chronicles to fictionalize the Colombian armed conflict. It recognizes three methods of “cannibalisation”: the condensed narrative, the triumph of fictional truth over real truth and the hero construction.