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Nicolas Licata
In this essay, I will analyse a dozen fictional narratives written by César Aira (b. 1949) paying special attention to the effacement of his characters’ bodies and bodily life. Two complementary explanations for this effacement are explored. The first, rooted in Argentinian national literary tradition, considers it a manifestation of the author’s ‘literary posture’, notably built through close links with the Argentinian journal Babel (1988–1991). The second explanation goes beyond the national framework to suggest that Aira perpetuates a deconstruction of the literary character as observed, theorized and diffused by the French nouveaux romanciers.
