Displacements of the Fantastic Genre and Refractions of the Political Context in Cortázar and Schweblin’s Short Stories
In this essay we will present a broad characterization of the fantastic genre that will allow us to investigate the ways in which the various texts that participate in it refract, problematize and interrogate its conditions of production. We will then analyze a series of texts that belong to the fir...
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I10-R278-article-446572024-07-05T21:11:48Z Displacements of the Fantastic Genre and Refractions of the Political Context in Cortázar and Schweblin’s Short Stories Desplazamientos del fantástico y refracciones de la coyuntura política en la cuentística de Cortázar y Schweblin Fraticelli, Bruno Cortázar Schweblin fantástico política refracción Cortázar Schweblin fantastic politics refraction In this essay we will present a broad characterization of the fantastic genre that will allow us to investigate the ways in which the various texts that participate in it refract, problematize and interrogate its conditions of production. We will then analyze a series of texts that belong to the first two books of short stories written by Julio Cortázar —from the 20th century— and Samanta Schweblin —from the 21st century—. These pieces of work are not limited to a single interpretation; on the contrary, they allow us to derive numerous meanings. Firstly, we will introduce the canonical plot of the stories of this genre and, then, we will analyze the variations that occur in the short stories of these two great authors of Argentine literature. Furthermore, we will retrieve some classic interpretations of these short stories and we will also read in a different way, so as to consider the fantastic element —in the plots, the knowledge, the characters and the characterizations made by the narrators— and highlight the critical and transformative potential that this genre acquires in moments of profound social transformations. en este ensayo presentaremos una caracterización amplia del género fantástico que nos permitirá indagar en los modos en que los diversos textos que participan de él refractan, problematizan e interrogan sus condiciones de producción. Analizaremos, entonces, una serie de relatos pertenecientes a los dos primeros libros de cuentos de Julio Cortázar —siglo XX— y Samanta Schweblin —siglo XXI—, obras que, lejos de clausurar una única lectura, permiten derivar numerosos efectos de sentido. Se expondrá, en un primer momento, la trama canónica de los relatos de este género, para luego analizar los desplazamientos que se producen en la cuentística de estos dos grandes autores de la literatura argentina. Asimismo, recuperaremos algunas lecturas clásicas de estos cuentos y haremos otras a contracorriente, que consideren el elemento fantástico —en las tramas, los saberes, los personajes y las caracterizaciones hechas por los narradores— y pongan de relieve el potencial crítico y transformador que este género adquiere en momentos de profundas transformaciones sociales. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2024-07-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo evaluado a ciegas por pares application/pdf text/html application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/notalmargen/article/view/44657 Nota al margen; Vol. 2 No. 3 (2024); 128-140 Nota al margen; Vol. 2 Núm. 3 (2024); 128-140 3008-7015 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/notalmargen/article/view/44657/45618 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/notalmargen/article/view/44657/45619 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/notalmargen/article/view/44657/45620 Derechos de autor 2024 Bruno Fraticelli https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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In this essay we will present a broad characterization of the fantastic genre that will allow us to investigate the ways in which the various texts that participate in it refract, problematize and interrogate its conditions of production. We will then analyze a series of texts that belong to the first two books of short stories written by Julio Cortázar —from the 20th century— and Samanta Schweblin —from the 21st century—. These pieces of work are not limited to a single interpretation; on the contrary, they allow us to derive numerous meanings. Firstly, we will introduce the canonical plot of the stories of this genre and, then, we will analyze the variations that occur in the short stories of these two great authors of Argentine literature. Furthermore, we will retrieve some classic interpretations of these short stories and we will also read in a different way, so as to consider the fantastic element —in the plots, the knowledge, the characters and the characterizations made by the narrators— and highlight the critical and transformative potential that this genre acquires in moments of profound social transformations. |
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