The aim of this article is to show, using Belén Gopegui’s novel "Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo" (2017), some links between literature and socio-political engagement in our hypertechnological environment, since in it the author focuses her attention on Google as the epitome of contemporary society. In order to highlight her criticisms and proposals, the text will be brought into dialogue with different essays on the above-mentioned enterprise. In this way, it will become clear which are the most prominent aspects considered by Gopegui, in narrating the experiences of a university student and an ill sexagenarian, to realize her claim and to provide alternatives. Indeed, if on the one hand she reveals the connections between Google and capitalism and the consequences that this entails for ordinary citizens, on the other she suggests some strategies that can be used against a “common sense” that nowadays is increasingly determined by algorithms.

¿Sueña Google con ovejas conectadas? Las voces de las miríadas silenciosas en "Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo" (2017) de Belén Gopegui / S. Cattaneo. - In: REVISTA DE LITERATURA. - ISSN 0034-849X. - 85:170(2023 Dec), pp. 617-644. [10.3989/revliteratura.2023.02.025]

¿Sueña Google con ovejas conectadas? Las voces de las miríadas silenciosas en "Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo" (2017) de Belén Gopegui

S. Cattaneo
2023

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The aim of this article is to show, using Belén Gopegui’s novel "Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo" (2017), some links between literature and socio-political engagement in our hypertechnological environment, since in it the author focuses her attention on Google as the epitome of contemporary society. In order to highlight her criticisms and proposals, the text will be brought into dialogue with different essays on the above-mentioned enterprise. In this way, it will become clear which are the most prominent aspects considered by Gopegui, in narrating the experiences of a university student and an ill sexagenarian, to realize her claim and to provide alternatives. Indeed, if on the one hand she reveals the connections between Google and capitalism and the consequences that this entails for ordinary citizens, on the other she suggests some strategies that can be used against a “common sense” that nowadays is increasingly determined by algorithms.
El objetivo del presente artículo es mostrar a través de la novela "Quédate este día y esta noche conmigo" (2017), de Belén Gopegui, algunas imbricaciones entre literatura y compromiso políticosocial en el contexto hipertecnológico contemporáneo, ya que en ella la autora centra su atención en Google como epítome de nuestra sociedad. Para resaltar sus críticas y propuestas, se hará dialogar el texto con diferentes ensayos elaborados en el ámbito de los estudios culturales sobre dicha empresa. Se pondrán así de manifiesto cuáles son los aspectos en que Gopegui, aprovechando las vivencias de un joven universitario y de una sexagenaria enferma, insiste para realizar su denuncia y brindar alternativas disidentes. En efecto, si por un lado desvela las conexiones con el capital de Google y sus consecuencias en los ciudadanos de a pie, por el otro, sugiere formas de resistencia contra un «sentido común» cada vez más determinado por los algoritmos.
Google; Belén Gopegui; capitalismo tecnológico; solidaridad
Settore L-LIN/05 - Letteratura Spagnola
dic-2023
https://revistadeliteratura.revistas.csic.es/index.php/revistadeliteratura/article/view/1420/642
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