Ever since Martin Esslin formulated the concept of a Theatre of the Absurd, criticism has endorsed the notion almost exclusively in a theatrical sense. The need to open up Esslin’s concept to the field of cinema now seems ...

Being part of a critical reflection on language, music constitutes the works created by Ingeborg Bachmann. It results from the writer’s conviction, rooted in romantic tradition, that music is superior to language and as ...

Julio Cortázar defines the short story as a genre that creates unpredictable effects on the reader through its poetical dynamics. While this definition foregrounds the unforeseeable elements of the genre, Cortázar also ...

The aim of the article is to focus on the interpretation that Ricardo Piglia gives to Witold Gombrowicz’s writings and to fix the position attributed to the Polish writer inside the Argentinian literary canon. Having ...