Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)

The operation of re-foundation of Argentine literary criticism promoted by Los Libros journal (1969-1976) took place simultaneously with a series of interventions that also aimed at re-founding in the literary field: those that had the purpose of giving legitimacy to a genre, nonfiction. In this sen...

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Autor principal: García, Victoria
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026
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spelling I28-R249-article-176122026-03-31T11:44:59Z Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976) Crítica y no ficción. Poéticas y políticas en torno a un género en la revista Los Libros (1969-1976) García, Victoria no ficción testimonio crítica literaria revistas fundación nonfiction testimony literary criticism journals foundation The operation of re-foundation of Argentine literary criticism promoted by Los Libros journal (1969-1976) took place simultaneously with a series of interventions that also aimed at re-founding in the literary field: those that had the purpose of giving legitimacy to a genre, nonfiction. In this sense, our article considers the way in which the literary irruption of nonfiction was approached from Los Libros. The starting point is the paradoxical place that these narratives occupied in the eyes of the journal's critics: on the one hand, they could lend themselves to the reductions of “naive realism” that they denounced; on the other hand, they opened a questioning of the dominant parameters of literary legitimization that was akin to their project. We will examine the corollaries of this paradox in an analysis of different aspects of the journal: the lists of books published in each issue, the reviews and articles, and the documentary zones of critical discourse. We propose that non-fiction poses a fundamental problem for Los Libros: that of the distance required for critical practice to be constituted as such, sustaining its specificity in the face of sociological reduction and mimicry with political action. La operación de refundación de la crítica literaria argentina impulsada desde la revista Los Libros (1969-1976) se desarrolló en simultáneo con una serie de intervenciones de pretensión asimismo refundadora en el campo literario: las que tuvieron por objeto dotar de legitimidad a un género, la no ficción. En este sentido, nuestro artículo considera el modo en que la irrupción literaria de la no ficción se abordó desde Los Libros. El punto de partida es el lugar paradójico que ocupaban estas narrativas frente a los críticos de la revista: por un lado, podían prestarse a las reducciones del “realismo ingenuo” que denostaban; por el otro, abrían un cuestionamiento sobre los parámetros dominantes de legitimación de lo literario que resultaba afín a su proyecto. Examinaremos los corolarios de esa paradoja en un análisis de distintos aspectos de la revista: las listas de libros publicadas en cada número, las reseñas y artículos, y las zonas documentales del discurso crítico. Proponemos que la no ficción plantea ante Los Libros un problema fundamental: el de la distancia requerida para que la práctica crítica se constituya como tal, sosteniendo su especificidad frente a la reducción sociológica y frente al mimetismo con la acción política. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2026-03-27 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/matadero/article/view/17612 10.34096/em.n19.17612 El Matadero Revista Crítica de Literatura Argentina; Núm. 19 (2025) 2683-9687 0329-9546 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/matadero/article/view/17612/15962 Derechos de autor 2026 Victoria García
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García, Victoria
Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
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author García, Victoria
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title Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
title_short Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
title_full Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
title_fullStr Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
title_full_unstemmed Criticism and Nonfiction: Poetics and Politics Around a Genre in Los Libros Magazine (1969–1976)
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description The operation of re-foundation of Argentine literary criticism promoted by Los Libros journal (1969-1976) took place simultaneously with a series of interventions that also aimed at re-founding in the literary field: those that had the purpose of giving legitimacy to a genre, nonfiction. In this sense, our article considers the way in which the literary irruption of nonfiction was approached from Los Libros. The starting point is the paradoxical place that these narratives occupied in the eyes of the journal's critics: on the one hand, they could lend themselves to the reductions of “naive realism” that they denounced; on the other hand, they opened a questioning of the dominant parameters of literary legitimization that was akin to their project. We will examine the corollaries of this paradox in an analysis of different aspects of the journal: the lists of books published in each issue, the reviews and articles, and the documentary zones of critical discourse. We propose that non-fiction poses a fundamental problem for Los Libros: that of the distance required for critical practice to be constituted as such, sustaining its specificity in the face of sociological reduction and mimicry with political action.
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