El zurdo en la narrativa tardía de Andrés Rivera
In the extensive work of the Argentine writer Andrés Rivera (1928-2016), the term zurdo appears mainly in short novels or short stories published in the 21st century, and the context of enunciation corresponds to that one of the writing and publication of the stories. This article is therefore based...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Réseau Interuniversitaire d'Ètude des Littératures Contemporaines du Río de la Plata
2023-02-01
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| Series: | Cuadernos LIRICO |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/lirico/13299 |
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| Summary: | In the extensive work of the Argentine writer Andrés Rivera (1928-2016), the term zurdo appears mainly in short novels or short stories published in the 21st century, and the context of enunciation corresponds to that one of the writing and publication of the stories. This article is therefore based on the following books: Esto por ahora (2005), Punto final (2006), Estaqueados (2008), Guardia Blanca (2009) and Kadish (2011). The frequent use of zurdo –a pejorative term– in Rivera's late narrative production can be explained in part by the reiteration of some themes in the different works, but also because in the twilight of his life, the writer and former CP activist never stops evoking the struggles of the Argentinean left, the repression it endured and the dystopian present in which he lives. From the different uses and users of the word, we will see to which left-wing sympathisers or militants it refers and to what extent it corresponds to the enemy within that must be neutralised. Finally, we will look at the author's fictional alter ego, Arturo Reedson, an emblematic leftist, present in four of the five books in the corpus and a relentless observer of the rout of the left. |
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| ISSN: | 2262-8339 |