Reseña de Arlt, Roberto. La química de los acontecimientos: crónicas y columnas desde Chile. Compilado y prologado por Felipe Reyes F., La Pollera, 2020, 110 pp.
Reseña de Albizúrez Gi, Mónica. Modernidades extremas. Textos y prácticas literarias en América Latina. Francisco Bilbao, Manuel González Prada, Manuel Ugarte, Manoel Bomfim, Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2016, 390pp.
Review of Albizúrez Gi, Mónica. Modernidades extremas. Textos y prácticas literarias en América Latina. Francisco Bilbao, Manuel González Prada, Manuel Ugarte, Manoel Bomfim, Madrid/Frankfurt: Iberoamericana/Vervuert, 2016, 390pp.
Reseña de Dalcastagne, Regina. Representación y resistencia en la literatura brasileña contemporánea.Buenos Aires: Biblos, 2015. 211 pp.
Review de Dalcastagne, Regina. Representación y resistencia en la literatura brasileña contemporánea.Buenos Aires: Biblos, 2015. 211 pp.
La “Carta al Emperador Carlos V” ha sido motivo de abordajes críticos dado el ataque del enunciador a De las Casas y su defensa del trabajo franciscano novohispano. No obstante, no es esta la primera carta escrita por Motolinía, ni la única de este tenor: otras epístolas por él firmadas reflejan las disputas entre órdenes y el tenso contexto político de la evangelización. En este artículo analizo las características que hacen de esta carta un texto en el que se cruzan la acusación, la defensa y recursos de las crónicas misioneras novohispanas y la epístola franciscana más atendida de la conquista.
The “Carta al Emperador Carlos V” has been studied by scholars given the attack of the enunciator to De las Casas and his defense of the Franciscan work. Nevertheless, this is not the first letter written by Motolinía and it is not the only one in this tone: other epistles show the disputes among the different orders and the tense political context of evangelization. In this article I analyze the characteristics that make this letter the most studied text of the conquest and the way accusation, defense and discursive resources used in novohispanic missionary chronicles and these epistles are intertwined.
The "Carta al Emperador Carlos V" has been studied by scholars given the attack of the enunciator to De las Casas and his defense of the Franciscan work. Nevertheless, this is not the first letter written by Motolinía and it is not the only one in this tone: other epistles show the disputes among the different orders and the tense political context of evangelization. In this article I analyze the characteristics that make this letter the most studied text of the conquest and the way accusation, defense and discursive resources used in novohispanic missionary chronicles and these epistles are intertwined.
The measures taken by the Catholic Church after the Council of Trent permeated many of the religious practices within the Catholic territories and the sacred oratory was no exception. During the 17th century in Spain, the preaching of sermons was one of the most effective means of cultural indoctrination. This triggered the publication of treaties and instructions on how to preach and carry out missions. The presence of theatrical elements was a constant in those treaties and instructions, but which are the encouragements that stimulate preachers to use these elements?
In 1537 the Catholic Church prohibited Amerindian slavery, but not until 1839 would they do the same with African slavery. Between the centuries that span from one position to the other, religious condemnation of African slavery was in the hands of but a few missionaries. This work discusses how, through the employment of legal and ecclesiastic rhetoric, the Capuchin monk Francisco José de Jaca constructs in his Resolución (Havana, 1681) an alternative missionary project, focused on the denunciation of the Catholic body involved in the slavery institution and not on the evangelization of Africans.
Pese a acercamientos teóricos y críticos a la obra Sociedades americanas en 1828 de Simón Rodríguez, es necesario profundizar en un análisis que valore la expresión de sus ideas como una forma del ensayo. Importa cómo el pensamiento se manifiesta a partir de imágenes/textos y cómo conjuga una labor intelectual y artística, rasgos que sugieren la concepción de un tipo de ensayo visual que antecede la poesía visual, la concreta y algunos modos de organización del pensamiento. Se busca atender aproximaciones al tema, pensando la obra desde su forma y acudiendo a la teoría del ensayo para apreciar sus características.
Despite theoretical and critical approaches to Simón Rodríguez Sociedades americanas in 1828, to dive into an analysis that values the expression of his ideas as a form of an essay, is necessary. How thought manifests itself through images/texts and how it combines intellectual and artistic work is important. These features suggest the conception of a visual essay which constitutes a predecessor of visual and concrete poetry, and a way of organizing thought. The aim is to use the form as a basis to think about the work and then turn to the theory of the essay to appreciate its characteristics.
Apesar das abordagens teóricas e críticas da obra Sociedades americanas en 1828, de Simón Rodríguez, é necessário aprofundar uma análise que valorize a expressão de suas ideias como forma de ensaio. É importante aprofundar como o pensamento se manifesta a partir de imagens/textos e como aproxima o trabalho intelectual do artístico, características que sugerem a concepção de um tipo de ensaio visual que antecede a poesia visual, a poesia concreta e alguns modos de organização do pensamento. Este texto procura tratar abordagens sobre este tópico, pensando a obra a partir de sua forma e recorrendo à teoria do ensaio para apreciar suas características.
El presente artículo se concentra en los tres periódicos literarios para mujeres en los que Juana Manso escribió entre 1850 y 1860. Todos ellos promovieron la ilustración moral de sus lectoras, aunque también incluyeron apuestas relacionadas con el interés de la escritora por construir una carrera literaria. Estas se enfocaron en el uso de tonos lúdicos y el mundo del entretenimiento para seducir al emergente público femenino, y en el aprovechamiento del periódico como un ámbito de construcción de su impronta autoral, que se adelanta varias décadas al modo como las escritoras finiseculares utilizarían la prensa para afianzarse en el campo cultural.
This article focuses on the three literary magazines for women in which Juana Manso wrote between 1850 and 1860. All of them promoted the moral illustration of their readers, although their pages also evidenced her commitment to building a literary career. These texts concentrated on the use of playful tones and on the world of entertainment in order to seduce female readers. They also focused on the use of the newspaper as an arena for the construction of Manso’s authorial figure, foreshadowing by several decades the way in which women writers used the press to strengthen their authorship in the fin de siècle cultural field.
This article focuses on the three literary magazines for women in which Juana Manso wrote between 1850 and 1860. All of them promoted the moral illustration of their readers, although their pages also evidenced her commitment to building a literary career. These texts concentrated on the use of playful tones and on the world of entertainment in order to seduce female readers. They also focused on the use of the newspaper as an arena for the construction of Manso's authorial figure, foreshadowing by several decades the way in which women writers used the press to strengthen their authorship in the fin de siècle cultural field.
La producción textual de José María Vargas Vila se publica toda fuera de Colombia. Este artículo estudia cómo su visión del país desde afuera produce nodos argumentativos que ofrecen un punto de contraste productivo con la realidad de más de 4,7 millones de colombianos que viven en el exterior en la actualidad. El artículo analiza textos tempranos (la esperanza, la posibilidad, la oportunidad) y tardíos (el desencanto, la derrota, la apatía, el olvido) sobre el exilio que no han sido abordados por la crítica, y que marcan el movimiento elíptico y de fuga de sus más de cincuenta años de proscripción.
The entirety of José María Vargas Vila’s textual production was published outside Colombia. This essay studies the ways in which his perspective of the country as an outsider yields argumentative cruxes that may offer a productive comparison with the reality of over 4.7 million Colombians living outside the country today. The article examines early writings (hope, possibility, opportunity) and late works (disenchantment, defeat, apathy, oblivion) about exile that have not been broached by critics, and that trace the elliptical and flighting movement of his more than fifty years of disallowed work and person abroad.
Reseña de Jiménez Ángel, Andrés. Ciencia, lengua y cultura nacional: la transferencia de la ciencia del lenguaje en Colombia 1867-1911. Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 2018. 442 pp.
Arturo Suárez Dennis was the most read and the most reedited writer in Colombia, during the first half of 20th century. Nevertheless, this fact wasn't enough for the literary authorities to consider Suárez as a good writer. Despite of the fact that Suárez became an outstanding case in the history of the Colombian literature, he hasn't been object of researches. The study of Suárez' work is essential in order to understand processes such as the history of the reading, of the publishing and of the distribution of the printed material in Colombia, and the history of writer's professionalization.
Ralph Herne (1888) es la única obra situada en la ciudad de Buenos Aires que escribió W. H. Hudson, el naturalista angloargentino mejor conocido por sus ambientaciones rurales. El relato reviste interés por esta singularidad, pero además brinda una perspectiva histórica única, pues la historia transcurre durante la epidemia de fiebre amarilla de 1871. Interesa la representación del espacio porteño a través de los lugares que se escenifican en el texto hudsoniano.
Ralph Herne (1888) is the only work set in the city of Buenos Aires written by W. H. Hudson, the Angloargentine naturalist better known for his rural settings. The story is interesting because of this distinctive feature, but also because it provides a unique historic perspective, since it unfolds during the yellow fever epidemic of 1871. This article examines the representation of the porteño space through the places staged in Hudson’s text.
Este artículo aborda la práctica de la traducción de libros literarios llevada a cabo por Juan Rodolfo Wilcock en editoriales de Argentina (1945 y 1959). En primer lugar, se propone una aproximación a su habitus de traductor a partir de su trayectoria en la industria argentina del libro. En segundo lugar, se caracteriza la inscripción de sus traducciones en colecciones y catálogos editoriales. Se concluye relevando algunos aspectos centrales de su práctica traductora de literatura en este período.
This paper addresses the translation practice of Juan Rodolfo Wilcock (1945 y 1959) in the Argentinian publishing industry. In the first place, I analyze the habitus of Wilcock as a translator in the editorial field. Then, I describe collections and catalogues of different local publishing houses which are related to his translations. Finally, I conclude considering some of the main aspects of his translation practice during this period.
With the novel La vorágine (1924) J.E Rivera constructs an arsenal of metaphors with which the jungle can be read from the city. Thirty years after Rivera's novel, his arsenal was reapropriated by J.A. Osorio Lizarazo, who uses it to burn down Bogotá when writing El día del odio (1952), a novel about April 9th 1948, date in which the city was ransacked and largely burnt down by a mob enraged by the assassination of its leader: Jorge Eliécer Gaitán. Both texts are aligned in a tradition that stages invasion and violence as responses to an elite national project of exclusion and ethnocentrism.
At a time defined by rationalism, the poetic of Carlos Fuentes is characterized by the recovering of the deepest zones of the human being, universally and including the Mexican identity. This paper's propose is to show an approach to four fundamental axes of symbolic imaginary presents in the novels of Carlos Fuentes in his work written between 1958 and 1980. The analyzed axes, essentially from the mythocritic theory of Gilbert Durand, are: the abismal, the sacrificial, the prisons of the being and the nocturne.
This article is not about Borges, but without considering him perhaps it would not make sense. My interest in a quite singular poet (Luis Rogelio Nogueras) took me to widen the focus of my analysis towards the literary field within which he forged himself. Why, if he mentions other writers to whom he owes certain stimuli, he does not mention the writer to whom he owes more. Being this a reconfigured literary field at that time, I had to take into account some particularities of it in order to try to explain those omissions and by doing so, more fully appraise this poet's creative project.
This article is not about Borges, but without considering him perhaps it would not make sense. My interest in a quite singular poet (Luis Rogelio Nogueras) took me to widen the focus of my analysis towards the literary field within which he forged himself. Why, if he mentions other writers to whom he owes certain stimuli, he does not mention the writer to whom he owes more. Being this a reconfigured literary field at that time, I had to take into account some particularities of it in order to try to explain those omissions and by doing so, more fully appraise this poet's creative project.
El presente artículo analiza dos novelas argentinas que dialogan con los sucesos de la crisis económica, política y cultural de diciembre de 2001 en Argentina: El grito (2004) de Florencia Abbate y La intemperie (2008) de Gabriela Massuh. Este trabajo se focaliza en cómo estos textos construyen narrativamente lo social y lo íntimo, lo público y lo privado, a partir de la figura de la catástrofe. En este sentido, propongo leer en estas novelas una correlación entre catástrofe personal y catástrofe colectiva. Finalmente, me interesa observar algunas diferencias políticas y formales que estas novelas presentan en términos de escritura.
This article analyzes two Argentine novels that dialogue with the events of the economic, political and cultural Crisis of December 2001 in Argentina: El grito (2004) by Florencia Abbate and La intemperie (2008) by Gabriela Massuh. This work focuses on how these texts narratively construct the social and the intimate, the public and the private, based on the figure of the catastrophe. In this sense, I propose to read these novels as a correlation between personal and collective catastrophe. Finally, I am interested in observing, in terms of writing, some political and formal differences that these novels present.
Reseña de Martínez Pinzón, Felipe y Javier Uriarte, eds. Entre el humo y la niebla. Guerra y cultura en América Latina. Pittsburg: Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana, 2016, 346 pp.
