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Valuing Literature: The Picaresque and the Writing Life in Mexico

Latin American research review, 2020-01, Vol.55 (1), p.110-121 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2020 The Author(s) ;COPYRIGHT 2020 Latin American Studies Association ;Copyright Latin American Studies Association 2020 ;ISSN: 0023-8791 ;EISSN: 1542-4278 ;DOI: 10.25222/larr.358

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  • Title:
    Valuing Literature: The Picaresque and the Writing Life in Mexico
  • Author: Tellez, Jorge
  • Subjects: Analysis ; Colonialism ; Latin American literature ; Literary criticism ; LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES ; Mediation ; Narratives ; Novels ; Voting rights ; Vulnerability ; Writers ; Writing
  • Is Part Of: Latin American research review, 2020-01, Vol.55 (1), p.110-121
  • Description: This article contends that Mexican writers have drawn on the picaresque to ponder what they regard as the precariousness of intellectual labor in Mexico. It analyzes the role that the afterlives of the picaresque have played in the portrayal of writers as disenfranchised and vulnerable subjects, two of the most relevant features of the archetype of pícaros. In addition, this project also suggests that picaresque narratives embody a discourse of precarity that goes beyond pícaros and applies to all subjects who engage in the production and circulation of literature, turning the picaresque in a suitable form in which Mexican writers can reflect on the value of literature in Mexican society. En este artículo propongo la picaresca como una forma literaria que se ha usado para reflexionar sobre la incertidumbre y la precariedad del trabajo intelectual en México desde la época colonial hasta el presente. Analizo también el papel que la picaresca ha jugado en la representación de la figura del escritor como un sujeto marginalizado y vulnerable, dos características típicas del pícaro. Finalmente, sugiero que estas narrativas encarnan un discurso de precariedad que rebasa la figura del pícaro y que puede aplicarse a todos los individuos relacionados con la producción y circulación literaria, por lo que la picaresca se convierte en una forma de reafirmar el valor de la literatura en la sociedad mexicana.
  • Publisher: Pittsburgh: Latin American Studies Association
  • Language: English;Spanish
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0023-8791
    EISSN: 1542-4278
    DOI: 10.25222/larr.358
  • Source: DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
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