Policial Cases. A Genealogy of the Enigama in Argentina
Abstract
This work proposes a genealogical approach to detective literature to show the show the uses of the genre. In this way, starting out with Jorge Luis Borges’s «Death and the Compass», birth of Argentine detective writing, we can observe how parody diverts the genre by means of inversion, displacement and political reference, which refers us to the production context. Next, we will consider how this displaced use of the genre, which generates a tradition in the Argentinean culture, can be observed in the novel of Guillermo Martínez, Imperceptible Crimes, of 2003, which can be read as a rewriting Jorge Luis Borge´s «The Garden of Forking Paths.»Downloads
Download data is not yet available.
Article download
Crossmark
Published
2008-01-15
How to Cite
Calabrese E. (2008). Policial Cases. A Genealogy of the Enigama in Argentina. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 36, 37-47. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/view/ALHI0707110037A
Issue
Section
Articles
License
In order to support the global exchange of knowledge, the journal Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana is allowing unrestricted access to its content as from its publication in this electronic edition, and as such it is an open-access journal. The originals published in this journal are the property of the Complutense University of Madrid and any reproduction thereof in full or in part must cite the source. All content is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 use and distribution licence (CC BY 4.0). This circumstance must be expressly stated in these terms where necessary. You can view the summary and the complete legal text of the licence.
