De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer

This paper works on two essential novels of Argentinian literature of the 20th Century, Zama by Di Benedetto (1956) and El Entenado (The Witness) by Saer (1983). The approach adopted draws a link between them from several ideas: the subject of language and the difficulties to understand the world; O...

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Main Author: Christian Escobar-Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: University of Bologna 2021-06-01
Series:Confluenze
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Online Access:https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/13134
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description This paper works on two essential novels of Argentinian literature of the 20th Century, Zama by Di Benedetto (1956) and El Entenado (The Witness) by Saer (1983). The approach adopted draws a link between them from several ideas: the subject of language and the difficulties to understand the world; Otherness as an understanding element between two clashing Worlds, either in the “criollo topic” or the European witness of the Indian societies; sexuality as a way to approach the “mestizo” problem and the relationship between Society and Nature; the historical context to understand both stories.
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De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
Confluenze
argentinian literature
otherness and identity
the criollo topic
language
saer and di benedetto
title De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
title_full De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
title_fullStr De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
title_full_unstemmed De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
title_short De la Z al Abc-Def-Ghi: lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer
title_sort de la z al abc def ghi lenguaje identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en zama de antonio di benedetto y el entenado de juan jose saer
topic argentinian literature
otherness and identity
the criollo topic
language
saer and di benedetto
url https://confluenze.unibo.it/article/view/13134
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