Autofiction in Latin America: Theory and Analytical Perspectives

Abstract

The panorama that we will present here is based on the location of recent works that deal with the writing of the self; more specifically, about autofiction and the short autofiction variant. In all these works, the obligatory referent are the theoretical reflections coming from France, for which we will begin with a brief tour of some relevant ideas in this regard, which allow framing the theoretical-critical proposals, as well as the production of autofictional works in the field literature of Latin America. The studies carried out in Spain function as a link between the European continent and the countries of Latin America, since from the beginning they have extended the reflections to all autofictional literature written in Spanish, which is why names of Spanish theorists will be found.