The noise of small battles. Violence and recent fictional narratives in Argentina
The question about violence runs through the history of Argentine literature. This essay asks about this problem based on the review of four recent novels: It is not a river, by Selva Almada (2021); The Desarmadero, by Eugenia Almeida (2022); Outlet, by Laura Liébana (2022) and Cometierra, by Dolore...
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I26-R133-article-144302025-10-09T14:58:49Z The noise of small battles. Violence and recent fictional narratives in Argentina El estruendo de las pequeñas batallas. Violencias y narrativas de ficción recientes en Argentina Calzado, Mercedes Calzado, Mercedes Calzado, Mercedes violence argentine literature alterities spaces temporality violencia literatura argentina alteridades espacios temporalidad The question about violence runs through the history of Argentine literature. This essay asks about this problem based on the review of four recent novels: It is not a river, by Selva Almada (2021); The Desarmadero, by Eugenia Almeida (2022); Outlet, by Laura Liébana (2022) and Cometierra, by Dolores Reyes (2020). The text brings into conflict the so‒called interrogative narratives of violence (capable of tensioning the dominant discourses on violence, crime, and illegalities, from the power of literature's question) and the affirmative narratives of violence (hegemonic stories that crystallize its meaning from the hegemonic media). From this counterpoint, the temporal dimension, alterities, spaces, and multiple meanings of violence are reviewed. Finally, some reflections are presented on the potential of literary fiction to provoke the social sciences from its power of doubt. La pregunta por la violencia recorre la historia de la literatura argentina. Este ensayo se pregunta por este problema a partir de la revisión en clave interpretativa de cuatro novelas recientes: No es un río, de Selva Almada (2021); Desarmadero, de Eugenia Almeida (2022); Outlet, de Laura Liébana (2022) y Cometierra, de Dolores Reyes (2020). El texto pone en conflicto las denominadas narrativas interrogativas de las violencias (capaces de tensionar desde la potencia pregunta de la literatura los discursos dominantes sobre las violencias, los delitos y las ilegalidades, denominadas) y las narrativas afirmativas de las violencias (relatos hegemónicos que cristalizan su sentido desde los medios hegemónicos). A partir de este contrapunto se revisa la dimensión temporal, las alteridades, los espacios y los sentidos múltiples sobre las violencias. Por último, se presentan algunas reflexiones sobre la potencialidad de la ficción literaria de provocar a las ciencias sociales desde su potencia de duda. Universidad Nacional del Litoral 2025-05-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/14430 10.14409/eltaco.11.21.e0172 El Taco en la Brea; No. 21 (11): El taco en la brea; e0172 El Taco en la Brea; Núm. 21 (11): El taco en la brea; e0172 2362-4191 10.14409/eltaco.11.21 es https://bibliotecavirtual.unl.edu.ar/publicaciones/index.php/index/article/view/14430/20075 Derechos de autor 2025 El Taco en la Brea |
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The question about violence runs through the history of Argentine literature. This essay asks about this problem based on the review of four recent novels: It is not a river, by Selva Almada (2021); The Desarmadero, by Eugenia Almeida (2022); Outlet, by Laura Liébana (2022) and Cometierra, by Dolores Reyes (2020). The text brings into conflict the so‒called interrogative narratives of violence (capable of tensioning the dominant discourses on violence, crime, and illegalities, from the power of literature's question) and the affirmative narratives of violence (hegemonic stories that crystallize its meaning from the hegemonic media). From this counterpoint, the temporal dimension, alterities, spaces, and multiple meanings of violence are reviewed. Finally, some reflections are presented on the potential of literary fiction to provoke the social sciences from its power of doubt.
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