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Las adversativas y una posición ambivalente en la literatura de César Aira / Adversatives and an ambivalent position in the literature of César Aira

Lookup NU author(s): Dr María RiveiroORCiD

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© 2021 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. All rights reserved. This article suggests that one of the recurrent procedures that can be traced throughout César Aira’s oeuvre is the use of adversative constructions, the so-called ‘yes, but no’. These phrases, which are used as sheer opposition and are one of the generating principles of Aira’s works, offer a key insight into the unique position that Aira occupies in the literary world. This atypical position replicates his ambivalence in various dimensions: the figure of the writer, his publishing trajectory, and his peculiar relationship with critical reception. These tensions, which the article explores, are found in a successful career such as Aira’s and, instead of breaking literary boundaries, they reaffirm the belief in the value of literature.

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Author(s): Riveiro MB

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Alea: estudos neolatinos

Year: 2021

Volume: 23

Issue: 3

Pages: 130-147

Online publication date: 10/12/2021

Acceptance date: 15/08/2021

Date deposited: 03/10/2025

ISSN (print): 1517-106X

ISSN (electronic): 1807-0299

Publisher: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

URL: https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-106X/2021233130147

DOI: 10.1590/1517-106X/2021233130147

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