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Ethics and Literature in Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay, 1970-2000

From the Singular to the Specific

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  • © 2016

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Part of the book series: Literatures of the Americas (LOA)

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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.

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“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)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA

    Carlos M. Amador

About the author

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

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