“At this hour all things mingle and agree”: the stakes of an Argentine game of postcolonialism Cover Image

„O tej porze wszystko miesza się i godzi” – czyli o stawce pewnej argentyńskiej gry w postkolonializm
“At this hour all things mingle and agree”: the stakes of an Argentine game of postcolonialism

Author(s): Barbara Jaroszuk
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Instytut Badań Literackich Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Summary/Abstract: Scholars of Latin-American literatures and cultures have tended to be suspicious of postcolonial studies, but recently their doubts were overcome. Jaroszuk explores the growing impact of postcolonial studies on debates concerning Latin-American identities. César Aira’s cycle on the pampa is among the many contemporary Argentine texts marked by what Alfonso de Toro describes as a shift in the identity paradigm. Jaroszuk examines three novels from this cycle: Ema, the captive, The hare and An episode in the life of a landscape painter.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 321-342
  • Page Count: 22