Respiración artificial: autoritarism and dictatorship in the contemporaneous argentinean novel

Abstract

Respiración artificial is a novel by Ricardo Piglia, and first published in 1980, during the Argentinean Dictatorship (1976-1983). This paper aims to analyze how dictatorship theme is developed in Respiración artificial, paying an special attention to the connexion that this masterpiece has when it comes to others historical moments, as well as direct and indirect literary quotations and references to other writers.

Keywords

• Respiración artificial
• Ricardo Piglia
• Ditadura argentina