Narrating Precarity: The Crisis of the Subject and the Subversion of the Dominant Order in Yo, precario (2013) by Javier López Menacho

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https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2021.25.6

Keywords:

Novel of Precarity | Critical Realism | The Precariat | Contemporary Spanish Novel | Javier López Menacho

Abstract

This article analyzes Yo, precario (2013), a novel by Javier López Menacho, as one of the most relevant «novels of precarity». Firstly, it relates the novel to Guy Standing's theory of the emergence of a new social class, the precariat. Secondly, the article illustrates how the protagonist of the novel is a subject in crisis due to a variety of reasons: alienation from his work, the difficulty of establishing links of solidarity with his colleagues, and an unhealthy relationship with the space and time of his work practice. Finally, it argues that the novel puts forward a means of resistance and subversion through humor, irony and metaliterature.

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2021-07-30

How to Cite

Moyano Arellano, C. (2021). Narrating Precarity: The Crisis of the Subject and the Subversion of the Dominant Order in Yo, precario (2013) by Javier López Menacho. 452ºF. Revista De Teoría De La Literatura Y Literatura Comparada, (25), 108–127. https://doi.org/10.1344/452f.2021.25.6

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No. 25 (2021): Crisis, Pandemics, and Counter-hegemony: Reading Paradigm Shifts across World Literature

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Monograph

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