Oliverio Girondo and the denial of avant-garde

  • Luciana Del Gizzo Universidad de Buenos Aires / Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Keywords:

Oliverio Girondo, Argentinean Literature, Literary Criticism, XX Century, Argentina

Abstract

A widely accepted hypothesis among readers and critics states that Oliverio Girondo maintained an avant-garde position throughout his literary career. However, it is possible to read an unsuccessful attempt at avoiding experimentation in his intermediate works, such as Interlunio (1937), Persuasión de los días (1942), and Campo nuestro (1946), written between two different avant-garde periods in Buenos Aires: one in the 1920s, the other in the 1950s. In analyzing these works, this paper shows Girondo’s hesitations about the idea of literary renewal following the 1920s, as well as the influence of nationalist ideals that contrast the internationalism that he had expressed in his preliminary works. It also explains his subsequent radicalization, in the late 50s, stemming from his connection with a group of young poets that sought to reclaim a place for experimentation.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.19137/anclajes-2016-2032

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Author Biography

Luciana Del Gizzo, Universidad de Buenos Aires / Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

Doctora en Literatura por la Universidad de Buenos Aires y becaria posdoctoral del CONICET. Ha trabajado como docente auxiliar de la cátedra de Literatura Europea del Siglo XIX (UBA). Actualmente, prepara la edición de su libro Volver a la vanguardia. El invencionismo y su deriva en el movimiento poesía buenos aires (1944-1963) (Madrid, Aluvión) y la Antología temática de la poesía argentina (Buenos Aires, EUFyL).

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Published

2016-12-02

How to Cite

Del Gizzo, L. (2016). Oliverio Girondo and the denial of avant-garde. Anclajes , 20(3), 21–42. Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/index.php/anclajes/article/view/1242

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Vol. 20 No. 3 (2016): septiembre-diciembre

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