Abstract
This work consists of an analysis of how the Brazilian and Argentine contemporary narrative, specifically the romances Teatro (1998) by the Brazilian writer, Bernardo Carvalho, and Los incompletos (2004) of the Argentine Sergio Chejfec, fictionalize different poetics of the contemporary experience, with emphasis mainly on impossibility and impediments to transform the lived moment in narrative material.
Key words:
Argentine literature; Brazilian literature; Bernardo Carvalho; Sergio Chejfec