The argentinian linguistic identity through Borges and Puig

Abstract

The identity of the Argentinian linguistic expression has been studied in depth by many literary critics and linguists who demonstrated the close relationship that exists between language, ideology, and socio-historic context; especially, when incorporating the concept of oral and colloquial language to the narrative discourse. We are basing this paper on the studies of authors such as: Beatriz Sarlo, Walter Bruno Berg, Wolf Oesterreicher, Maria Zulema Kulikowsi, and others in order to situate two Argentinian writers, Jorge Luis Borges and Manuel Puig, within their historic period in order to reveal how their personal and social anxieties impacted the perception of their work as representative of the Argentinian language.