Abstract

This article studies the configuration of the family in two recent Argentine novels, La familia by Gustavo Ferreyra and El absoluto by Daniel Guebel. Starting from a recognition of the attributes that the family had in the tradition of the novel, this text examines the values that these two novels built around genealogy, lineage and kinship. At the same time, the article study the articulations with the concept of gender in relationship with two fictions not clearly related to this contemporary pattern of reading and fiction production. Finally, this article analyzes the temporal variables, an aspect that is linked to the time allotted to the family through lineage and reproduction. The extensive, profuse and unconventional configuration of this novels indicates a divergence with respect to this assignment and the possibility of other forms and binders of the family.

Highlights

  • Clearly related to this contemporary pattern of reading and fiction production

  • This article analyzes the temporal variables, an aspect that is linked to the time allotted to the family through lineage and reproduction

  • The extensive, profuse and unconventional configuration of this novels indicates a divergence with respect to this assignment and the possibility of other forms and binders of the family

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Marcos Zangrandi

Resumen Este artículo estudia la configuración de la familia en dos novelas argentinas recientes, La familia de Gustavo Ferreyra y El absoluto de Daniel Guebel. A la par, se reflexiona sobre las articulaciones con la problemática de género de dos ficciones no relacionadas de manera evidente con esta pauta contemporánea de lectura y producción literaria. Finalmente, este artículo analiza las variables temporales de las ficciones, un aspecto que se vincula con el tiempo asignado a la familia a través del linaje y la reproducción. Profusa y no convencional de las narraciones señala una divergencia respecto de esa asignación y la posibilidad de otras formas y aglutinantes de lo familiar. Palabras claves Literatura argentina; novela contemporánea; familia; tiempo; género

La trampa familiar
El tiempo de la familia

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