¿Cómo heredar la militancia política del 60 y 70? Reflexiones en torno a tres cuentos sobre/de la generación de posdictadura en el Río de la Plata

Abstract

This essay explores how Rio de la Plata writers, from the postdictatorship generation (i.e., those born in the 70s and 80s), relate with the political context of revolution and repression in which they grew up, and how such relationship affects their political perspectives as young adults. Throughout the reflection I interweave the perspective of sociologist Emilio De Ípola in his article “Un legado trunco” and the analysis of three short stories written by, and about, postdictatorship generation’s members: Florencia Abbate’s “El grito” (2004), Gabriel Sosa’s “Qué difícil es ser de izquierda en estos días” (2004) and “Los cuatro fantásticos” (2005) by Fabián Casas. These stories address the experience of sons and daughters of political activists who were exiled, imprisoned, or disappeared during the last dictatorship, from the context of the new millennium.