Subalternity and Anti-Literature

the politics and limits of represetation in modens Brazil and Argentina

Abstract

Anti-Literature aims to rethink the contemporary concept of literature itself. Leaning on the main Latin American forms of experimental writing from the 1920s to the end of the 20th century, Shellhorse reinforces the potential of literature as a channel for reflection and radical reaction to contemporary political and cultural cultures. Placing the Brazilian and Argentine literature at the center of a new interpretive paradigm, Shellhorse challenges the prevailing discussions about the historical projection and the critical force of Latin American literature. Dissecting a wide range of texts and media, the author outlines the subversive potential of anti-literary modes of writing.