For a genealogy of the category of heterodoxy. Tours through the traces of an investigation on argentinean literature

Abstract

This article presents the itinerary made by the research team: “Heterodox tours of literatures in Argentina”, during the last decade. The project is currently directed by Prof. Dr. Andrea Bocco. It is made up of twelve researchers. The category of heterodoxy is at the center of our research. It is a conceptual tool that enables alternative modes and routes to read, systematize, historicize the presence of disruptive lines in the development of literatures in Argentina. This writing establishes a genealogy and periodization of this category. Initially, heterodoxy was configured from the syncretism between literature, ideologies and alternative religious discourses. Later, the reflection focused on the operation modes of this category, taking into account their dynamic, relational and historical character. This led to a series of questions around canon, margins, vanguards, off-centers, interdiscursivity and the multiple heterodoxies that intersect in a literary text or series. At this stage, our research problematizes “national literature”. Historically, this category was associated with Rioplatense region (Buenos Aires), european culture and white nation. At this point, literary heterodoxy dismantles homogeneity, pluralizes the category, enables geocultural diversity and orality. Decolonizes Argentine literature, whit latin-american perspective.