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What is Testimonio and Allegory in Literature about?
This document summarizes a chapter from the book "The Ends of Literature" about Rigoberta Menchu and testimonio literature. It argues that testimonio literature, which aims to stand against mainstream literature, inevitably reveals its own literariness and becomes trapped as an allegory of literature. As allegory marks tropes and language, testimonio reveals literature
- Author
- Sam Steinberg
- Language
- EN