Roland Barthes para bien o para mal: visiones y conexiones de la crítica en Brasil, Argentina y Chile

Abstract

This article proposes a comparative approach to the different views of Roland Barthes’ work in literary criticism in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Our objective is not only to describe the reception of the author but also to highlight the different academic contexts and dominant theoretical currents. Thus, it is possible to observe how in Brazil sociological criticism condemns Barthes, while other critics defend him as the savior of literature. In Argentina, on the other hand, Barthes serves as a reference for Marxist criticism and for the analysis of Argentine literature. In Chile, the structural analysis of narrative allows the critics to discuss literature again, in a context of dictatorship and censorship in the humanities field. 

Keywords: Roland Barthes, Latin American Literary Criticism, Structuralism.