This articles intervenes in current debates about the configuration of the contemporary literary system and argues that works coming from the intermediate formation of the semi-periphery can most lucidly register how neoliberalism has transformed the social, economic, and affective structures of the historical present. Drawing on postcolonial criticism, world-systems theory, and theories of combined and uneven development, I propose a comparative study of two novels originating from southern India and southern Italy, Vivek Shanbhag’sGhachar Ghochar(2013) and Nicola Lagioia’sLa Ferocia(2014). By analyzing how residual forces—patriarchy, gender violence, and familism—interact with processes of market neoliberalization and environmental destruction, this article further suggests that only the formal study of novels from semi-peripheral areas can problematize current critical paradigms based on binary oppositions (center/periphery, North/South). To do so, I develop a systemic approach that is attentive to how contextual specificities produce formal outcomes that can best diagnose global socioeconomic inequalities.

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半外围小说：讲述印度南部和意大利南部的新自由主义当下

本文介入了当前关于当代文学体系结构的辩论，并认为来自半外围的中间形态的作品可以最清晰地记录新自由主义如何改变了历史现状的社会、经济和情感结构。借鉴后殖民批评、世界体系理论和联合与不平衡发展理论，我提出了对来自印度南部和意大利南部的两部小说的比较研究，即维韦克·尚巴格的加查尔戈查尔(2013) 和 Nicola Lagioia 的拉费罗西亚（2014）。通过分析残余力量——父权制、性别暴力和家庭主义——如何与市场新自由化和环境破坏的过程相互作用，本文进一步表明，只有对来自半外围地区的小说进行正式研究，才能解决当前基于二元对立的批评范式。中心/外围，北/南）。为此，我开发了一种系统性方法，该方法关注上下文特定性如何产生可以最好地诊断全球社会经济不平等的正式结果。