The temper of a utopia: The autobiographical fiction of Los diarios de Emilio Renzi of Ricardo Piglia

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to explore and to analyze the set of formal and theoretical elements which Ricardo Piglia appeals to intervene his autobiographical material in Los diarios de Emilio Renzi (2015-2017). Through a set of formal procedures, a life that wants to be lived as its own is invented in the diaries. My hypothesis is that this personal utopy expresses a literary impulse whose aim is the build of posthumous autobiographical fiction with literary value.

Keywords

• escrituras del yo
• diario de escritor
• utopía
• ricardo piglia
• literatura argentina del siglo xx