Latin American Literary Project in Favor of Democracy: The Cases of Mario Benedetti, Ricardo Piglia and Mario Vargas Llosa

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Latin American Literature, Political Compromise, Text Analysis, Democracy

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate that there was an interest on the part of Latin American writers in portraying the different abuses of human rights from dictatorial governments. In the case of Uruguay, I will resort to the story “The Neighboring Shore” by Mario Benedetti. From Argentina, I will compare the novel Life Imprisonment by Ricardo Piglia. And, for Peru, I will use The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa. These three referents will be essential so that the repercussions that have existed in society due to the mismanagement of the hegemonic and governmental classes can be corroborated from history and literature. In order to reach the projected conclusion, customary analyzes of fragments of the aforementioned works will be carried out, confronted with historical material and related to concomitant discourses of that time. In this way, the explicit worldview of each author worked will be obtained.

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Author Biography

Jesús Miguel Delgado Del Aguila, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Jesús Miguel Delgado Del Aguila es magíster y candidato a doctor en Literatura Peruana y Latinoamericana por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Cuenta con el conocimiento básico del inglés, certificado por la UNMSM. Ha ejercido la docencia en institutos y universidades nacionales. También se ha desempeñado como corrector de textos y jefe editor. Ha sido dos veces becario. Actualmente, cuenta con la calificación de investigador Concytec (Perú), nivel V; anteriormente, la de investigador Conacyt (El Salvador). Su línea de investigación es la narrativa, la teoría literaria, la creación literaria, el cine y los ensayos. Ha publicado reseñas, artículos, entrevistas, notas y cuentos en revistas indexadas nacionales e internacionales; entre las cuales, muchas de ellas están indexadas en Web Of Science, SciELO y Scopus. De igual modo, tiene una participación constante en congresos nacionales e internacionales y asistencia a eventos académicos. Entre otros desempeños, es cinturón negro de taekwondo, 2.° DAN de la WTF, por la UNMSM, registrado con el código internacional 05940056, campeón nacional y universitario con múltiples participaciones en campeonatos en Perú, así como también cuenta con la experiencia de enseñanza dirigida a niños y adolescentes.

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2025-06-30

How to Cite

Delgado Del Aguila, J. M. (2025). Latin American Literary Project in Favor of Democracy: The Cases of Mario Benedetti, Ricardo Piglia and Mario Vargas Llosa. Argos Journal, 12(30), 18–33. Retrieved from https://revistaargos.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/argos/article/view/148

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Vol. 12 No. 30 (2025): July-December

Section

Literary discussion

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