Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

Transitory Literature or 'Brave New Text'? A Comparative Analysis of José Agustín's Work

Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (2007), 84, (2), 213–226.

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https://doi.org/10.3828/bhs.84.2.7
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English
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14

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This paper presents an aspect of an ongoing research project on the changing nature of the text in the works of the Onda literary movement in Mexico in the mid to late 1960s. The works analysed in this article are the stories 'La tumba' (1963) and '¿Cuál es la onda?' (1968) by José Agustín. The aim of the paper is to examine the triad of the creation/destruction/recreation of the text by identifying the changing roles played by the narrator(s) and the dissolution of the protagonists. The analysis also addresses multiple transcultural influences on the two texts and determines whether the conflicting combination thereof leads to the complete destruction of the text or the appearance of a new narrative form.

En este artículo se presenta un aspecto del trabajo de investigación sobre el cambio del carácter del texto en las obras de La Onda literaria mexicana de los años sesenta. Las obras analizadas aquí son los cuentos 'La tumba' (1963) y '¿Cuál es la onda?' (1968) por José Agustín. El artículo pretende enfocarse en la triada de la creación/ destrucción/re-creación del texto por definir el cambio de los papeles del narrador y la disolución de los protagonistas. Además se examinan varias influencias trasculturales en los dos textos y se establece si el cúmulo contradictorio de ésas ayuda a la destrucción completa del texto o lo lleva a un nuevo tipo de narrativa.

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Carpenter, Victoria