Modernidades en disputa: de Piglia a Sarmiento. Operaciones críticas

Abstract

The present paper seeks to explore the complex and transitory nature that governs the development of modernity in Argentine narrative through the dichotomy between politics and aesthetics and their intrinsic issues. Specifically, it examines the debate on literary autonomy and the role of the writer in society. The study revolves around four key figures representing three pivotal moments of an era: Sarmiento, Borges-Macedonio, and Ricardo Piglia. The central thesis of the article is that Ricardo Piglia embraces the Argentine tradition of previous models and manages to overcome the asynchronous relationship with European literature through a process of reading. 

Keywords: autonomy, asynchrony, civilization and barbarism, Ricardo Piglia, modernity.