Forms of (Dis)Affection: Martín Kohan’s Dos veces junio
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This article analyzes the novel Dos veces junio (2002) by Martín Kohan drawing on affect theory. The narrator of Dos veces junio is characterized by the absence, suppression, wavering or suspension of affects. Assuming that affective responses necessarily correspond to the historical moment and the sphere from which they emerge, the article explores (dis)affection as an essential component of the authoritarian regime that the novel portrays. I argue that affect is not only essential to illuminate a historical epoch but also the way in which the past survives in the present since affective inscriptions are, as Ricoeur contends, the depositary of the most hidden but most original meaning of memory.
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