Abstract

RIVEIRO, María Belén. On the beginnings of a literary trajectory: the case of César Aira in periodicals. Hallazgos [online]. 2021, vol.18, n.36, pp.179-214.  Epub July 01, 2021. ISSN 1794-3841.  https://doi.org/10.15332/2422409x.5975.

This article studies literature, from a sociological viewpoint, in order to construct it as a social practice. I take the case of César Aira to reconstruct the beginnings of his career, when he faces various obstacles. I wonder about the conditions that made possible the emergence of his figure, because this allows me to ask questions about the possibilities that enable disruptive practices. One of the ways to apprehend this process is through the analysis of periodicals where Aira published articles and reviews since 1981, when his first book (Ema, the Captive, Editorial de Belgrano) was published. I analyze the articles that appear in periodicals and the characteristics of the journals and inserts where they appear, the areas of the field and the circuits of those who participate, since they are mediations that are part of the literary fact. The documentary work allows to suggest that it is during the period of political and cultural opening with Argentine democratic transition of 1983 when Aira finds, in marginal areas of the literary field, the spaces that enable a position like his, which, only years later, will receive the attention of many agents in the field and experience a growing recognition.

Keywords : César Aira; Literary field; Periodicals; Sociology of literature; Argentine democratic transition.

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