Arteletra, The Sixties in Latin America and the Politics of Going Unnoticed

Author

Bartles; Jason A.

Year

2021

Publisher

Purdue University Press

Language

English

Pages

ISBN

978-1-61249-666-5

Link

Last Update

04-Feb-2026

Keywords

Language & Literature ; Latin American Studies

Description

ArteletrA, one of Juan Filloy’s many palindromes, can be read from left to right and back again, as well as from the central letter out toward both ends, perfectly replicating itself in every direction (Karcino 199). This palindrome is composed of the Spanish words arte and letra, meaning “art” and “letter,” respectively, or in my interpretation, “the art of writing.” ArteletrA, in this sense, becomes another possible way to say “literature.” Yet, to conflate art and literature with the crystalline structure of palindromes at the start of a study on the Sixties in Latin America would be disingenuous. Since the...