abstract
- © 2018 Association of Iberian and Latin American Studies of Australasia (AILASA). The anthology of short stories McOndo presents itself as an antagonist of magic realism. Through a deceptive complete opposition to this genre, McOndo aimed to close an intellectual and cultural cycle in twentieth century Latin American Literature. However, the controversy generated at the time of its publishing had a limited historical influence. This situation allows, after more than 20 years of its first edition, a more measured analysis of the real critical ambitions of the anthology. To elaborate this study, World Literature¿s theory is applied to propose an interpretation of McOndo as a parodic discourse that attempts to eradicate a reductionist vision of Latin America as magical, superstitious or primitive, and replace it with a new reductionist vision that emphasizes urban life in the city, expressions of popular culture and the globalization process that has ¿transformed¿ the region.