Las crónicas romanas de Pier Paolo Pasolini:

(re) lectura desde la Literatura Argentina Contemporánea. redes y relaciones con las crónicas de Cristian Alarcón

Abstract

Studying and investigating an issue, an aspect or a problem of European Literature from the Southern Cone of Latin America involves being focused on a group of theoretical, historical, social and political (even economic) budgets concerning to both literatures. This also means being able to think about relationships. In that sense, this article will be about a possible way of re-reading Pier Paolo Pasolini's Roman Chronicles—written between the years 50s ans 65s—, compiled in Storie della città di Dio, in which the writer puts in scene his first and decisive fascination for the Roman reality, especially for the sub-proletariat, based on Cristian Alarcón's chronicles about the slums. According to the peculiarities of each of those writings, we will be based on the following questions: How are the Roman hovels narrated in Pasolini's literature and the slums from Buenos Aires in Alarcón's literature? Which experience with/of the otherness are shaped in those textualities? Which is the role or place that the writer gets in the narration of those experiences?