La Muerte Y Sus Patologías En Las Primeras Tres Novelas De La Serie Bond De Ian Fleming

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La Muerte Y Sus Patologías En Las Primeras Tres Novelas De La Serie Bond De Ian Fleming Sánchez 1 La muerte y sus patologías en las primeras tres novelas de la serie Bond de Ian Fleming. con el mismo cinismo operativo con el que estructuraba las tramas de sus obras a partir de una serie de oposiciones arquetípicas, decidiera que las vías de lo imaginario podían volver a ser para el lector del presente siglo las mismas que las del folletín decimonónico; que frente a la normalidad casera no digo ya de Hércules Poirot, sino de los propios Sam Spade o Michael Shayne, sacerdotes de una violencia urbana y previsible, era preciso reanimar urgentemente la fantasía del lector con toda la parafernalia que hiciera famosos a Rocambole y Rouletabille, a Fantômas y Fu Manchu. Quizá incluso fuera más allá, a las raíces más cultas del romanticismo truculento, y de ahí hasta los herederos más morbosos de éste. Una antología de los caracteres y situaciones de sus novelas nos parecería un capítulo de La carne, la morte e il diavolo, de Praz. Umberto Eco, Sobre Fleming. Casino Royale, Live and Let Die y Moonraker, cada una de estas novelas presenta una forma de abordar la muerte que confluye sobre la otra y habla de un mundo en crisis. Con la guerra fría y las armas de destrucción masiva en proliferación, la posibilidad real de la exterminación es como una espada de Damocles que pende sobre el mundo. En estas novelas se crea una atmosfera de muerte que afecta a todos los personajes que habitan ese mundo y que desencadena reacciones paranoicas y de ansiedad como un mecanismo de supervivencia. En la tesis me gustaría tratar cómo en el mundo de Bond la paranoia y la angustia cumplen la función de establecer una barrera entre los personajes y la muerte, y cómo en muchos casos toda prevención es inútil para defenderse contra la amenaza del entramado de poderes que se conforma en este mundo. Al leer la serie de James Bond se corre el riesgo de hacer un prejuicio cultural. Más de 50 años después de su primera aparición, se puede tener una idea predefinida y, quizá, errónea de Sánchez 2 este personaje que ha tenido un peso cultural muy fuerte y por esto mismo se le ha desligado de su contexto. La franquicia de películas en especial ha hecho una lectura del personaje con la que buena parte del público concuerda. Sin embargo, limitarse únicamente a la lectura que se hace en algunas películas sería injusto con el mundo creado originalmente por Ian Fleming. Hoy en día se tiende a pensar que todo menos la muerte puede amenazar a Bond, mucho menos después de haberlo visto hacer cosas como saltar desde un precipicio a un avión en medio vuelo y salir ileso. Pero esa influencia cultural no debería empobrecer la lectura de un personaje que, por el contrario, siempre ha sido cercano a la muerte y se ha construido alrededor de ella. Después de 12 novelas, dos libros de cuentos y veintitrés películas, eso sin contar los relatos, novelas, y películas no oficiales, los comics y las parodias sobre este personaje que van hasta la fecha de hoy, es difícil pensar que la muerte afecta este personaje. Vale la pena reflexionar más sobre este personaje, verlo más a fondo. Como quien lee un libro por primera vez, sin pretender que ya se conoce el final, aunque no sea este el año 1953. Para los que no saben quién es James Bond: es el personaje principal de una saga de libros que tratan sobre su trabajo como agente secreto con licencia para matar. Su código es 007. Está afiliado al servicio secreto británico, actualmente conocido como MI6. También es protagonista de la serie de películas más larga hasta la fecha. Sus características: gran presencia física, seductor, rudo, fumador, amante de la buena mesa, experto en lucha cuerpo a cuerpo y en armas cortas. Durante los años 1950 y 1960 se convirtió en un fenómeno cultural masivo. Sánchez 3 1953 Durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX, en una Europa que apenas ha comenzado a recuperarse de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se lleva a cabo una reorganización política mundial, en la que la URSS y la OTAN compiten por la supremacía tecnológica, económica y militar. La guerra había terminado hace poco y eran comunes los paisajes de pueblos bombardeados en Gran Bretaña y el resto del continente. En marzo de 1948 se firma el Tratado de Bruselas donde se crea la OTAN con el fin de hacer frente a la expansión de la URSS. En 1952 Gran Bretaña se convierte en una potencia nuclear, y en abril de 1953 se publica Casino Royale, la primera novela de Ian Fleming, con James Bond como su personaje principal. El argumento de Casino Royale no fue ajeno al contexto geopolítico de la época, y de hecho, ninguna de las novelas de esta saga pudo obviar la situación mundial generada por la posguerra. La idea de una amenaza no declarada es la que mueve la acción de los servicios secretos, una amenaza potencial que podría cambiar el orden del mundo, pero que nunca llega a realizarse. Si bien los servicios secretos existían desde mucho tiempo atrás, la narración de Fleming se centra en el MI6, que es la rama de la inteligencia militar británica, encargada del espionaje internacional. Así es como el servicio de contraespionaje de la URSS, el SMERSH –que es la abreviatura de smert` shpionam, muerte a los espías-, resulta convirtiéndose en el brazo de la URSS que pelea la guerra fría contra la OTAN, y por ello, en el enemigo obvio de James Bond en los primeros libros de Ian Fleming. El mundo en el que opera James Bond es un mundo de dos caras: por un lado está la fachada de un mundo en paz, donde las vidas de los seres humanos transcurren con toda naturalidad; pero la otra cara de la moneda es una guerra subterránea en donde se tratan de llevar a cabo revueltas y conspiraciones. Sánchez 4 La Segunda Guerra Mundial significó para el imperio británico por un lado, entrar en decadencia, y por el otro, la pérdida del sentimiento de invulnerabilidad producido por encontrarse al otro lado del Canal de la Mancha: “…el cohete significó el final de la invulnerabilidad británica. En adelante la nación no podía depender de las fuerzas marítimas tradicionales, en héroes del estilo de Francis Drake y Horatio Nelson” (Black 16)1. Los cohetes V-1 y V-2 sumados al poder aéreo alemán supusieron para Inglaterra la posibilidad de ser atacada. Los bombardeos recibidos por Inglaterra desde el noroeste de Europa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial habrían demostrado la necesidad de ampliar la línea de defensa Inglesa, y es esta una de las tareas que James Bond debe afrontar. La protección de los intereses de la nación más allá de todo límite es lo que presenta Ian Fleming en la saga Bond. Un agente secreto con autorización para matar en el cumplimiento del deber es, en realidad, una ficha más dentro de un complejo juego de poderes en el que la sospecha juega un papel crucial, pues esta es suficiente para mover todo el aparataje de los servicios secretos. Los primeros tres libros de la saga Bond: Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, y Moonraker, tratan sobre tres operaciones de espionaje, los primeros dos contra agentes del SMERSH y el último contra un agente nazi encubierto. En estos libros la muerte se muestra de formas muy particulares. En primer lugar la violencia es un ingrediente necesario, en segundo lugar, los efectos que la amenaza de la muerte desencadena en los personajes es muy particular: el mundo de Bond es un mundo marcado por la angustia y la paranoia. Pero, ¿Cuál es el origen de 1 “…the rocket meant the end of British invulnerability. No longer could the nation rely on the traditional defenses of sea power, on heroes of the type of Francis Drake and Horatio Nelson” (Black 16). Sánchez 5 esta angustia? ¿Cómo se muestra esta angustia en los personajes? ¿Cómo participan los servicios secretos ficcionales dentro de este mundo amenazante? Estas son preguntas sobre las que valdría la pena reflexionar. El propósito de este trabajo es analizar, en los 3 primeros libros de la saga Bond de Ian Fleming (Casino Royale, Live and Let Die, y Moonraker), cómo la angustia y la paranoia son dos patologías que afectan el fenómeno de la muerte en el mundo de Bond, patologías que son a la vez un mecanismo de defensa en contra de la amenazas. Para el análisis que me propongo tomaré en cuenta la dinámica de las operaciones que se llevan a cabo en las novelas, así como sus motivaciones y objetivos. También analizaré los rasgos de los personajes que tienen un efecto en la atmosfera de muerte que se crea en los libros, pues tienen la particularidad de ser rasgos muy fuertes que producen un efecto deshumanizante sobre sí mismos. Finalmente analizaré el comportamiento de los personajes frente a la muerte, ya sea cuando se encuentran en peligro de muerte o conspirando contra otros. Historias de la guerra fría La coexistencia de distintas fuerzas en Europa que competían por la supremacía, y los altos riesgos que significaba hacer una que guerra abierta, era algo de lo que los libros de Fleming eran conscientes. Es así como empieza lo que él llama una “guerra subterránea”, un término que repite varias veces en entrevistas y artículos: “A Fleming le atraía todo lo relacionado con la guerra subterránea. Además de haber pertenecido a la Inteligencia Naval, había realizado un intenso estudio de esta materia” (Lane 42).
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