Utopia as urgency: current forms of resilience in a queer novel

Authors

  • Jéssica Sessarego Universidad del Salvador

Keywords:

utopia, dystopia, queer literature, Argentine literature, delta

Abstract

This paper presents and analyzes the third publication of Argentine writer Nicolás Colfer, the queer novel La reina del Paraguay (2024), with the aim of postulating its relevance to the corpus of Argentine utopian/dystopian literature located in the delta already studied by Pérez Gras (2023). The presence in this work of both utopian desires in the characters and utopias realized with different results is highlighted. Based on personal communications from the author, a comparison is made between the ending that the novel had in its first version and the ending chosen for the present edition. This allows us to consider the relevance of utopian thought today and the contributions that can be made to it from queer literature.

Author Biography

Jéssica Sessarego, Universidad del Salvador

Licenciada y Profesora  en Letras por la Universidad del Salvador. Es profesora adjunta de Literatura Iberoamericana Contemporánea y Seminario de Literatura Iberoamericana (USAL), así como jefa de trabajos prácticos en el programa Acompañamiento a la Lectura y la Escritura en las Disciplinas (UNGS). 

References

Colfer, N. (2024). La reina del Paraguay. Ojo de loca.

Editorial Ojo de loca. (s. f.). La reina del Paraguay - Nicolás Colfer. https://www.ojodeloca.com.ar/expres/la-reinadelparaguay-nicolas-colfer

Jameson, F. (2006). Arqueologías del futuro. Una charla de Fredric Jameson. El Viejo Topo, (219), 68-73.

Muñoz, J. E. (2020). Utopía queer. Caja Negra.

Pérez Gras, M. L. (2023). Utopía y distopía en el delta de la Cuenca del Plata. Confabulaciones. Revista de Literaturas de la Argentina, 5(9), 169-186.

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Published

2024-12-26

How to Cite

Sessarego, J. (2024). Utopia as urgency: current forms of resilience in a queer novel. Gramma , 35(73). Retrieved from https://p3.usal.edu.ar/index.php/gramma/article/view/7201

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 73 (2024): Dossier: Resilient literatures. Stories of political, social and ecological resistance

Section

Resilient literatures. Stories of political, social and ecological resistance

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