The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington

In this article we analyze the vegetable vampirism in "La orquídea" (1907) by the Costa Rican writer León Fernández Guardia and "Orquídea" (2006) by the Argentinean Andrés Federico Wassington,through theoretical-methodological tools from comparative literature (tematology), botan...

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Autor: Huertas Arredondo, Kimberly
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Costa Rica
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spelling The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. WassingtonEl regreso del no-muerto: vampiros vegetales, plantas fantásticas, monstrificaciones botánicas en “La orquídea” de León Fernández Guardia y “Orquídea” de Andrés F. WassingtonHuertas Arredondo, Kimberlyplant studiesfantasyplant vampiresnon-mimeticplant-horrorestudios sobre plantasfantásticovampiros vegetalesno miméticoplant-horrorIn this article we analyze the vegetable vampirism in "La orquídea" (1907) by the Costa Rican writer León Fernández Guardia and "Orquídea" (2006) by the Argentinean Andrés Federico Wassington,through theoretical-methodological tools from comparative literature (tematology), botany, plant-horror and Ecogothic. This critical perspective allows us to argue that these stories are, perhaps, the first texts of the vegetal fantastic in Latin American literature, interested in reproducing, explicitly and during the twentieth and twenty-first century, the figure of the vampire, from the orchidological flora. The selected textualities bring a renewal of the specificity of the discourse of the fantastic, while offering a new look through the insertion of new codes that revive and resignify the modern monstrous plant and, in passing, the vampire monster manifested in the European gothic-fantastic vampire tradition, precisely with the tropicalization of the feeling or effect of the fantastic (i.e., the monstrosity of the character, the grotesque and the abject body) and the incorporation of vegetable vampires.En este artículo analizamos el vampirismo vegetal en “La orquídea” (1907) del escritor costarricense León Fernández Guardia y “Orquídea” (2006) del argentino Andrés Federico Wassington, a través de herramientas teórico-metodológicas provenientes de la literatura comparada (tematología), la botánica, plant-horror y Ecogothic. Esta perspectiva crítica nos permite sostener que dichos relatos son, quizás, los primeros textos del fantástico vegetal, en la literatura latinoamericana, interesados en reproducir, de manera explícita y durante el siglo XX y XXI, la figura del vampiro, a partir de la flora orquideológica. Las textualidades seleccionadas aportan una renovación de la especificidad del discurso de lo fantástico, en tanto ofrecen una mirada novedosa mediante la inserción de nuevos códigos que reviven y resignifican a la planta monstruosa moderna y,  de paso, al monstruo vampiro manifestado en la tradición vampírica gótico-fantástica europea, precisamente con la tropicalización del sentimiento o efecto de lo fantástico (i.e., la monstruosidad del personaje, lo grotesco y el cuerpo abyecto) y la incorporación de vampiros vegetalesUniversidad de Costa Rica2025-01-27info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticleartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/6350810.15517/rfl.v51i1.63508Journal of Philology and Linguistics of the University of Costa Rica; Vol. 51 No. 1 (2025): January 2025 - June 2025; e63508Revista de Filología y Lingüística de la Universidad de Costa Rica; Vol. 51 Núm. 1 (2025): enero 2025 - junio 2025; e63508Revista de Filología y Lingüística; Vol. 51 N.º 1 (2025): enero 2025 - junio 2025; e635082215-26280377-628Xreponame:Portal de Revistas UCRinstname:Universidad de Costa Ricainstacron:UCRspahttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/filyling/article/view/63508/62925https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cr/deed.esacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2025-01-27T16:54:49Zoai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/63508Portal de revistashttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.ucr.ac.crhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaijorge.polanco@ucr.ac.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2025-08-13T09:58:41.572Portal de Revistas UCR - Universidad de Costa Ricafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
El regreso del no-muerto: vampiros vegetales, plantas fantásticas, monstrificaciones botánicas en “La orquídea” de León Fernández Guardia y “Orquídea” de Andrés F. Wassington
title The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
spellingShingle The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
Huertas Arredondo, Kimberly
plant studies
fantasy
plant vampires
non-mimetic
plant-horror
estudios sobre plantas
fantástico
vampiros vegetales
no mimético
plant-horror
title_short The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
title_full The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
title_fullStr The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
title_full_unstemmed The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
title_sort The Return of the Undead: Vegetable vampires, Fantastic plants, Botanical monstrifications in “La orquídea” by León Fernández Guardia and “Orquídea” by Andrés F. Wassington
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Huertas Arredondo, Kimberly
author Huertas Arredondo, Kimberly
author_facet Huertas Arredondo, Kimberly
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv plant studies
fantasy
plant vampires
non-mimetic
plant-horror
estudios sobre plantas
fantástico
vampiros vegetales
no mimético
plant-horror
topic plant studies
fantasy
plant vampires
non-mimetic
plant-horror
estudios sobre plantas
fantástico
vampiros vegetales
no mimético
plant-horror
description In this article we analyze the vegetable vampirism in "La orquídea" (1907) by the Costa Rican writer León Fernández Guardia and "Orquídea" (2006) by the Argentinean Andrés Federico Wassington,through theoretical-methodological tools from comparative literature (tematology), botany, plant-horror and Ecogothic. This critical perspective allows us to argue that these stories are, perhaps, the first texts of the vegetal fantastic in Latin American literature, interested in reproducing, explicitly and during the twentieth and twenty-first century, the figure of the vampire, from the orchidological flora. The selected textualities bring a renewal of the specificity of the discourse of the fantastic, while offering a new look through the insertion of new codes that revive and resignify the modern monstrous plant and, in passing, the vampire monster manifested in the European gothic-fantastic vampire tradition, precisely with the tropicalization of the feeling or effect of the fantastic (i.e., the monstrosity of the character, the grotesque and the abject body) and the incorporation of vegetable vampires.
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