The Impossible Spaces in the Narrative of Leopoldo Marechal. Analysis of the Utopical and Distopci Construction of Buenos Aires

Leopoldo Marechal (1900-1970) belongs to a line of Argentine narrators who established a literary tradition in his country, and whose influence on later writers has been decisive. His prolific writing led him to cultivate all genres: prose, poetry, theater and essay, taking his first steps in modernist poetry. A more personal style is revealed in later publications, becoming known for his ambitious first novel, Adán Buenosayres (1948), which made him one of the great narrators of Argentine literature. The present research aims at analyzing space in Marechal’s three novels: Adán (1948), El Banquete de Severo Arcángelo (1965) and Megafón o la Guerra (1971). This space, in turn, is intertwined with two interdependent concepts: utopia and the fantastic. The following study exposes the evolution of these units from Adán to Megafón, with a double aim: to unveil the process of the formal and stylistic transformation of Marechal, and to highlight the significant role that space has in its narrative, particularly in relation to the Fantastic genre and the notion of utopia.