Genders/genres and "degenerated" bodies in Copi's narrative Authors Antonio Rojas Universitat Pompeu Fabra Keywords: Copi, twentieth-century Argentinean literature, genre, gender, performativity Abstract This paper aims to establish a link between genre and gender through the study of the cronotope in two narrative pieces by Copi (1939-1987). Following a comparative methodology and supported by concepts from literary theory, queer theory and poststructuralist thought, this article will analyze, first, the means by which Copi wishes to go beyond the rules of literary genre and gender; second, the objects which are reappropiated according to non-heteronormative codes; and, finally, the way in which the enlargement of time in the fiction of the Argentinean writer benefits a conception of gender that is primarily prosthetic. Downloads PDF (Català) Issue No. 17 (2011): Queerencias. Literaturas hispánicas y estudios LGBTQ Section Dossier License The Author retains ownership of the copyright in this article, unless the opposite is expressed, and all rights not expressly granted in this agreement, including the nonexclusive right to reproduce, distribute, perform, and display the article in print or electronic form, and grants, Lectora: revista de dones i textualitat the exclusive rights to print publication of the Article for a period beginning when this Agreement is executed and ending twelve (12) months after the first publicaton of the work in this Journal. After this time, the work will be available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license, by which the article must be credited to the Author and the Journal be credited as first place of publication. Beginning twelve (12) months after the article´s first publication, the Author is free to enter in seperate, additional contractual agreements for the non-exclusive distribution of the work as published in this journal. The Author is encouraged to post the work online (eg in institutional or subject repositories, or on their website) after the exclusivity period of twelve (12) months has expired, as it can lead to productive exchanges as well as a greater citation of the published work (see The Effect of Open Access).
