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PORRAS, María del Carmen. Memory Possibilities: The Interviews to Francisco Massiani. Argos [online]. 2012, vol.29, n.56, pp.162-177. ISSN 0254-1637.

Interviews are usually considered secondary material to approach the literary work of an author. From the perspective of this article, and following the approaches of the cultural critic Leonor Arfuch, who has studied in depth the genre of the interview, we consider this genre as part of the literary writing of a given author, especially when it is assumed as positive and active in the dialogue. Massiani, little inclined to this genre, takes in the interviews analyzed here, the role of a builder of memory, both of his personal and family memories. That is why his interviews are a kind of autographical account of this Venezuelan author.

Palavras-chave : interview; memory; Venezuelan narrative; Francisco Massiani; Venezuelan literature.