Chaitén La Pompeya (2015) de María Paz González: una catástrofe de sentido

Abstract

This article explores a recent example of Chilean dramaturgy centered on the eruption of the Chaitén Volcano on May 2, 2008. In Chaitén La Pompeya (2015), actress and playwright María Paz González dramatizes the coexistence of the last two inhabitants of the devastated town following its complete evacuation. Importantly, we argue that the play incorporates elements of the Theater of the Absurd and postmodernism to critique the political and economic ideology imposed during General Augusto Pinochet's civil-military dictatorship (1973-1989). This ideology, persisting for decades, has overlooked and marginalized the region and its inhabitants, contributing to the transformation of the volcano's eruption into a socio-natural disaster.