Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)

The history of testimonial literature in Argentina, whose origins are linked to the politicization of the cultural field after the second half of the 1950 decade, poses relevant questions for literary critic. Although critical interest in testimony has increased lately, critics have focused on postd...

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Publicado: Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana (CILHA) 2017
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spelling I11-R112article-15062022-05-31T14:51:39Z Testimonial literature in Argentina: a historical itinerary (1957-2012) Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012) García, Victoria Literatura argentina Testimonio Ficción Literatura y política Argentine literature Testimony Fiction Literature and politics The history of testimonial literature in Argentina, whose origins are linked to the politicization of the cultural field after the second half of the 1950 decade, poses relevant questions for literary critic. Although critical interest in testimony has increased lately, critics have focused on postdictatorial testimonial production; therefore continuities and ruptures which can be analyzed if different stages of testimonial literature are compared, have been rarely explored. In such sense, this paper provides an introduction to the history of testimonial literature in Argentina, basing on an analysis of four texts which represent different stages of the genre’s development: Operación masacre (1957) and the "Carta de un escritor a la Junta Militar" (1977), by Rodolfo Walsh, Recuerdo de la muerte by Miguel Bonasso (1984) and Diario de una princesa montonera (2012) by Mariana Eva Perez. The analysis shows relevant inflections of testimonial genre in different moments of its history, from the politicized 60-70s to a present in which memorial rituals took backward to such years. More specifically, the study exposes different textual expressions of the tension between literature and politics– between fiction and testimony, invention and truth-, which shapes the genre from its origins to its present. La historia del género testimonial en la Argentina, cuyos orígenes se vinculan a la politización del campo cultural iniciada en la segunda mitad de la década de 1950, plantea una tarea aún pendiente para la crítica literaria. Aunque el interés por el testimonio ha sido creciente en los círculos académicos en los últimos años, la crítica se ha concentrado en la producción testimonial de la postdictadura, de modo tal que las continuidades y rupturas que pueden detectarse al contrastar distintas etapas de la literatura testimonial, permanecen poco exploradas. Orientado en esa línea, el presente trabajo presenta una introducción a la historia del testimonio en la Argentina, a partir del análisis de cuatro textos representativos de etapas diferentes en el desarrollo del género: Operación masacre y la "Carta de un escritor a la Junta Militar" de Rodolfo Walsh (1957 y 1977), Recuerdo de la muerte de Miguel Bonasso (1984) y el Diario de una princesa montonera de Mariana Eva Perez (2012). El análisis permitirá observar inflexiones significativas del género testimonial en distintos momentos de su historia, desde los politizados años 60-70 hasta un presente cuyos ritos de memoria se focalizan en aquellos años. En particular, el recorrido mostrará las diferentes formas que en los textos cobra la tensión entre literatura y política -entre ficción y testimonio, invención y verdad-, que atraviesa al género desde sus orígenes hasta la actualidad. Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana (CILHA) 2017-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/cilha/article/view/1506 Cuadernos del CILHA; Vol. 18 Núm. 1 (2017): Aproximaciones al ámbito latinoamericano; 11-43 1852-9615 1515-6125 spa https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/cilha/article/view/1506/1034 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/
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Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
Literatura argentina
Testimonio
Ficción
Literatura y política
Argentine literature
Testimony
Fiction
Literature and politics
author_facet García, Victoria
author_sort García, Victoria
title Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
title_short Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
title_full Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
title_fullStr Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
title_full_unstemmed Literatura testimonial en la Argentina: un itinerario histórico (1957-2012)
title_sort testimonial literature in argentina: a historical itinerary (1957-2012)
description The history of testimonial literature in Argentina, whose origins are linked to the politicization of the cultural field after the second half of the 1950 decade, poses relevant questions for literary critic. Although critical interest in testimony has increased lately, critics have focused on postdictatorial testimonial production; therefore continuities and ruptures which can be analyzed if different stages of testimonial literature are compared, have been rarely explored. In such sense, this paper provides an introduction to the history of testimonial literature in Argentina, basing on an analysis of four texts which represent different stages of the genre’s development: Operación masacre (1957) and the "Carta de un escritor a la Junta Militar" (1977), by Rodolfo Walsh, Recuerdo de la muerte by Miguel Bonasso (1984) and Diario de una princesa montonera (2012) by Mariana Eva Perez. The analysis shows relevant inflections of testimonial genre in different moments of its history, from the politicized 60-70s to a present in which memorial rituals took backward to such years. More specifically, the study exposes different textual expressions of the tension between literature and politics– between fiction and testimony, invention and truth-, which shapes the genre from its origins to its present.
publisher Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana (CILHA)
publishDate 2017
url https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/cilha/article/view/1506
topic Literatura argentina
Testimonio
Ficción
Literatura y política
Argentine literature
Testimony
Fiction
Literature and politics
topic_facet Literatura argentina
Testimonio
Ficción
Literatura y política
Argentine literature
Testimony
Fiction
Literature and politics
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