Parody and Inverted Aesthetics in the Work of Luis Felipe Fabre

Abstract

This paper explores two essayistic texts by Luis Felipe Fabre using a pair of key concepts: parody and inverted aesthetics. At the beginning of the article, a review of the author's published work is offered, followed by a brief theoretical discussion on parody in literary studies. Afterwards, both the short text that Fabre dedicates to Ulises Carrión, writer and conceptual artist, as well as some passages from his essay on the poet and chronicler Salvador Novo, are analyzed. Although he is best known for his poems, Fabre also writes texts in which he offers reflections on poetic writing within the literary field but also beyond it. However, these essays have remained aside from the studies on his work. Therefore, this article aims to discuss Fabre’s parodic texts in the light of critical discussions on Mexican poetry.