RESPIRACION ARTIFICIAL: THE PROBLEMATIZATION OF THE DISCOURSE OF HISTORY FROM THE ARCHIVE

This article presents a dialogue between Ricardo Piglia's Respiracion artificial (1980) and some ideas developed by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria in Myth and Archive (1990). This combined reading seeks to shed new light on the discussion concerning the problematization of the discourse of History in the novel, in order to specifically examine the proximity and multiplicity of documents of the Archive in the narrative. This article stems from the critical studies of various scholars regarding Respiracion artificial as well as journalistic notes on Ricardo Piglia.