Ethics and Literature in Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay, 1970-2000: From the Singular to the Specific

by Carlos M. Amador

Overview

This book argues for a new reading of the political and ethical through the literatures of Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay from 1970-2000. Carlos Amador reads a series of examples from the last dictatorship and the current post-dictatorship period in the Southern Cone, including works by Augusto Roa Bastos, Roberto Bolaño, Ceferino Reato, Horacio Verbitsky, Nelly Richard, Diamela Eltit, and Willy Thayer, with the goal of uncovering the logic behind their conceptions of belonging and rejection. Focusing on theoretical concepts that make possible the formation of any and all communities, this study works towards a vision of literature as essential to the structure of ethics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137546333
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	05/04/2016
Series:	Literatures of the Americas
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	195
File size:	529 KB

About the Author

Carlos M. Amador is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Culture Studies at Michigan Technological University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Reading Ethics and Logics of Individuation in the Southern Cone.- Theorizing Art in Chile during Dictatorship:The Conditions for the Singular and the Specific in Cultural Debate.- The Cultural Politics of The Singular and Specific:  Chile, Vanguardism, and The Body.- Yo, el Supremo as the Singular.- The Scilingo Effect and the Specified.- Roberto Bolaño's Specific Exiles.- Conclusion.                                                      

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Philosophy and literary criticism come together in a masterly way in Carlos Amador’s intelligent and nuanced treatment of Latin American dictatorships in the work of Southern Cone writers such as Augusto Roa Bastos and Roberto Bolaño. This book problematizes the political in Latin American literature in new and challenging ways…An important contribution to Latin American literary studies and philosophy.” (Rolando Pérez, Professor of Latin American Literature and Philosophy, Hunter College-City University of New York, USA)