Exilio y desafí­o teórico: cuando la escritura hace lugar al autor

Abstract

This work questions the concept of "author" -as proposed by Michel Foucault- using as a starting point the 'exile writings' produced in Argentine literature regarding the 1976 coup d'etat. Mainly to two paradigmatic texts: Cuerpo a cuerpo [Hand to hand] (1979) by David Viñas and Libro de naví­os y borrascas [The book of ships and squalls] (1983) by Daniel Moyano. A revision and a new definition of the concept are elaborated in order to reposition it, thus fitting its significance into these two authors' production framework, Allegory appears as a rhetorical figure, strategically conceived to bring a new order to the aesthetical propositions.