Abstract
This work presents a brief analysis of Severo Sarduy’s novel Cobra, with the aims of examining the existence of a Baroque practice in this literary work, which follows a Neo-Baroque perspective that is responsible for the revitalization of Baroque traits in contemporaneity. The expression of anamorphosis, a term borrowed from the fine arts, will be linked to a modified form of writing, which can be viewed as the process of creation of Cobra. The image of the transvestite, present in the novel. will be investigated for his hybrid appearance, which is shaped in the gestures and colors of a body that has also been intricately woven. In this regard, an association will be made between the image of this body which is subject to metamorphosis and the textual body, which converges towards a kind of androgynous writing. According to Sarduy, the transvestism of the body of the word will be perceptible in the plots of the texts through the writing procedures that pursue a staging.
Keywords
Severo Sarduy; Cuban Literature; Neo-Baroque; anamorphosis; transvestism