Literatura y poder: Sobre la potencia del testimonio en América Latina

the primary objective of this paper is to give an account of the usefulness/uselessness of the definition of testimonial narrative, and to signal its origins or emergence dating from the nineteen sixties. on the other hand, i show that the pretension of seeking its genealogy in colonial chronicles and discourses is to misunderstand its function. finally, from writings of giorgio agamben, i propose a different way to read latin american testimonial narrative.