DE LA Z AL ABC-DEF-GHI: LENGUAJE, IDENTIDAD Y DISTINTAS IDEAS DE LO AMERICANO EN ZAMA DE ANTONIO DI BENEDETTO Y EL ENTENADO DE JUAN JOSE SAER: Lenguaje, identidad y distintas ideas de lo americano en Zama de Antonio Di Benedetto y El entenado de Juan José Saer

Translated title of the contribution: From Z to Abc-Def-Ghi: Language, identity and different ideas of the American in Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto and El entenado by Juan José Saer

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Abstract

This paper works on two essential novels of Argentinian literature of the 20th Century, Zama by Di Benedetto (1956) and El Entenado (The Witness) by Saer (1983). The approach adopted draws a link between them from several ideas: the subject of language and the difficulties to understand the world; Otherness as an understanding element between two clashing Worlds, either in the “criollo topic” or the European witness of the Indian societies; sexuality as a way to approach the “mestizo” problem and the relationship between Society and Nature; the historical context to understand both stories.

Translated title of the contributionFrom Z to Abc-Def-Ghi: Language, identity and different ideas of the American in Zama by Antonio Di Benedetto and El entenado by Juan José Saer
Original languageSpanish (Ecuador)
Pages (from-to)542-562
Number of pages21
JournalConfluenze
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

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