Se observa la evolución de la novela de iniciación o Bildungsroman, como también se le llama frecuentemente, en la literatura mexicana de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y principios del siglo XXI. Posteriormente y bajo este contexto, el análisis se enfoca en la novela Diablo Guardián, de Xavier Velasco, la cual cuenta con Violetta como protagonista, personaje de género femenino que rompe con el protagónico masculino común de la Bildungsroman y con ello subvierte los roles de género, en comparación con su tradición literaria. Así, el análisis resulta importante porque la novela Diablo Guardián retoma pero, al mismo tiempo, modifica el esquema tradicional de las novelas de iniciación, si bien para ser sostenible mantiene algunas cualidades masculinas en el ahora protagónico femenino.
El siguiente artículo parte de dos hipótesis: 1) en la década de 1970 emergieron, en la Argentina, una serie de narrativas que presentaron "nuevas" formas de la subjetividad y nuevas expresiones de lo político; 2) los estudios literarios y culturales sobre las construcciones homosexuales han mantenido al análisis de las figuraciones lesbianas cercano al lugar de lo impensable/impensado. Este artículo propone leer Monte de Venus (1976), olvidada novela de Reina Roffé, como pieza fundacional de una tradición literaria queer argentina y se ocupa, específicamente, de los modos en que el texto construye a la voz (de la) lesbiana. Sugerirá que Monte de Venus no sólo (in)augura una posibilidad de futuro para la voz (de la) lesbiana sino que sería texto clave al momento de tender lazos hacia otros relatos contemporáneos con el objetivo de trazar una incipiente cartografía pasional lesbiana. ; The following article stands on two hypotheses: 1) In 1970s Argentina, a number of texts that introduced "new" subjectivities and new political expressions began to appear; 2) the literary and cultural studies of homosexuality have kept lesbian figurations next to the place of the unthinkable/un-thought of. This article suggests that Reina Roffé's long forgotten novel Monte de Venus (1976) is foundational when considering the possibility of a queer literary tradition in Argentina. It pays special attention to the ways in which the text constructs a lesbian voice and it suggests that Monte de Venus (in)augur(ate)s a future for this voice. In addition, this paper will analyze the novel as a key text that establishes bonds with other contemporary narratives, in order to draw an emergent and impassioned lesbian cartography.
This dissertation examines the work of Ignacio Padilla (Mexico City, 1968) from two complementary perspectives. First, by going against the dominant critical view of Padilla's works as apolitical and uninterested in national or regional problems, I demonstrate how Padilla's fictions serve as a space of continuity for key literary and intellectual traditions in Mexico and Latin America. By setting Padilla's work in the context of his Latin American precursors as well as his contemporaries, I show how his oeuvre not only reevaluates topics such as modernity, colonialism, cultural diversity, and cosmopolitanism, but also how it relies on literary traditions such as the narrative of the Mexican Revolution, the Novel of the Dictator, essays on national identity, Magical-Realism and others. Secondly, I explore Padilla's conception of the role of the writer and of literature in contemporary societies, concentrating on his idea that a great work of literature generates profound reflection only when it historically, socially and politically implicates its reader. I follow this theory to show Padilla's socio-political commitment, and particularly, his concern with different aspects of Mexican history and culture from the 1980's to the present. In Padilla's works, there is a constant interest in examining the changes that occurred in Mexico due to the neoliberal reforms of the 1980's, especially regarding the relationship between intellectuals and the Mexican State, the artistic engagement with the social events that happened in Mexico City after the catastrophic earthquake of 1985, and the urgency to redefine the concept of nation and citizenship in Mexico after the democratic transition of the year 2000. The study of the works of Ignacio Padilla in light of his precursors and contemporaries illuminates an era of Mexican history, culture and literature from 1985 to 2015.
En el presente artículo, el autor aborda la cuestión de la relación de la temprana literatura soviética con la literatura rusa clásica del siglo XIX a partir del relato La astilla, escrito en 1923 por Vladímir Zazubrin y publicado recién en 1989. La influencia de Fiódor Dostoievski, por un lado, y el intento de plantear el problema de la violencia política desde posiciones estéticas vanguardistas, hacen de este relato un claro exponente de las tensiones que caracterizaban la creación literaria en los años inmediatamente posteriores a la Revolución rusa.Palabras clave: literatura soviética, literatura rusa decimonónica, Dostoievski, Zazubrin, violencia política. The early Soviet literature and the dialog with the literary tradition. The case of The Chip, by Vladimir Zazubrin.In this article,the author addresses the question of the relationship of the early Soviet literature with Russian classical literature of the XIX century focusing on the novellaThe chip, written in 1923 by Vladimir Zazubrin and not published until 1989. The influence of Fyodor Dostoevsky, on the one hand, and the attempt to pose the question of the political violence from avant-garde aesthetic positions, on the other, make this novella a clear example of the tensions that characterize literary creation in the years immediately following the Russian Revolution.Keywords: Soviet literature, Russian literature of XIX century, Dostoevsky, Zazubrin, political violence.
En el presente artículo, el autor aborda la cuestión de la relación de la temprana literatura soviética con la literatura rusa clásica del siglo XIX a partir del relato La astilla, escrito en 1923 por Vladímir Zazubrin y publicado recién en 1989. La influencia de Fiódor Dostoievski, por un lado, y el intento de plantear el problema de la violencia política desde posiciones estéticas vanguardistas, hacen de este relato un claro exponente de las tensiones que caracterizaban la creación literaria en los años inmediatamente posteriores a la Revolución rusa.Palabras clave: literatura soviética, literatura rusa decimonónica, Dostoievski, Zazubrin, violencia política. The early Soviet literature and the dialog with the literary tradition. The case of The Chip, by Vladimir Zazubrin.In this article,the author addresses the question of the relationship of the early Soviet literature with Russian classical literature of the XIX century focusing on the novellaThe chip, written in 1923 by Vladimir Zazubrin and not published until 1989. The influence of Fyodor Dostoevsky, on the one hand, and the attempt to pose the question of the political violence from avant-garde aesthetic positions, on the other, make this novella a clear example of the tensions that characterize literary creation in the years immediately following the Russian Revolution.Keywords: Soviet literature, Russian literature of XIX century, Dostoevsky, Zazubrin, political violence.
El siguiente artículo parte de dos hipótesis: 1) en la década de 1970 emergieron, en la Argentina, una serie de narrativas que presentaron "nuevas" formas de la subjetividad y nuevas expresiones de lo político; 2) los estudios literarios y culturales sobre las construcciones homosexuales han mantenido al análisis de las figuraciones lesbianas cercano al lugar de lo impensable/impensado. Este artículo propone leer Monte de Venus (1976), olvidada novela de Reina Roffé, como pieza fundacional de una tradición literaria queer argentina y se ocupa, específicamente, de los modos en que el texto construye a la voz (de la) lesbiana. Sugerirá que Monte de Venus no sólo (in)augura una posibilidad de futuro para la voz (de la) lesbiana sino que sería texto clave al momento de tender lazos hacia otros relatos contemporáneos con el objetivo de trazar una incipiente cartografía pasional lesbiana. ; The following article stands on two hypotheses: 1) In 1970s Argentina, a number of texts that introduced "new" subjectivities and new political expressions began to appear; 2) the literary and cultural studies of homosexuality have kept lesbian figurations next to the place of the unthinkable/un-thought of. This article suggests that Reina Roffé's long forgotten novel Monte de Venus (1976) is foundational when considering the possibility of a queer literary tradition in Argentina. It pays special attention to the ways in which the text constructs a lesbian voice and it suggests that Monte de Venus (in)augur(ate)s a future for this voice. In addition, this paper will analyze the novel as a key text that establishes bonds with other contemporary narratives, in order to draw an emergent and impassioned lesbian cartography.
El siguiente artículo parte de dos hipótesis: 1) en la década de 1970 emergieron, en la Argentina, una serie de narrativas que presentaron "nuevas" formas de la subjetividad y nuevas expresiones de lo político; 2) los estudios literarios y culturales sobre las construcciones homosexuales han mantenido al análisis de las figuraciones lesbianas cercano al lugar de lo impensable/impensado. Este artículo propone leer Monte de Venus (1976), olvidada novela de Reina Roffé, como pieza fundacional de una tradición literaria queer argentina y se ocupa, específicamente, de los modos en que el texto construye a la voz (de la) lesbiana. Sugerirá que Monte de Venus no sólo (in)augura una posibilidad de futuro para la voz (de la) lesbiana sino que sería texto clave al momento de tender lazos hacia otros relatos contemporáneos con el objetivo de trazar una incipiente cartografía pasional lesbiana. ; The following article stands on two hypotheses: 1) In 1970s Argentina, a number of texts that introduced "new" subjectivities and new political expressions began to appear; 2) the literary and cultural studies of homosexuality have kept lesbian figurations next to the place of the unthinkable/un-thought of. This article suggests that Reina Roffé's long forgotten novel Monte de Venus (1976) is foundational when considering the possibility of a queer literary tradition in Argentina. It pays special attention to the ways in which the text constructs a lesbian voice and it suggests that Monte de Venus (in)augur(ate)s a future for this voice. In addition, this paper will analyze the novel as a key text that establishes bonds with other contemporary narratives, in order to draw an emergent and impassioned lesbian cartography.
What is American poetry? This paper is a history of the various answers poets have given to that question. They include Whitman's creation of a new form for poetry, one to replace those inherited from England. This new poetry was as radical politically as it was poetically —it was created to include those that other poetic forms had left out. Frost, on the other hand, adapted British verse forms to an American scene and American verse. The contradictory nature of America's response to Europe has shaped the divided tradition of American poetry.
What is American poetry? This paper is a history of the various answers poets have given to that question. They include Whitman's creation of a new form for poetry, one to replace those inherited from England. This new poetry was as radical politically as it was poetically —it was created to include those that other poetic forms had left out. Frost, on the other hand, adapted British verse forms to an American scene and American verse. The contradictory nature of America's response to Europe has shaped the divided tradition of American poetry.
This essay explores he images of women in the Restoration period and Eighteenth century in England in order to establish a continuum of women's literary tradition in this century. The double standard, the social, political and economical situation of women are studied, as well as the rise of the first women novelists in the Eighteenth century. A feminist perspective is employed to examine the literary creation of women. ; Este artículo explora las imágenes de la mujer en la Restauración y el siglo xviii en Inglaterra con el propósito de establecer un continuum de la tradición literaria femenina en este siglo. Se examina la doble moral imperante, la situación social, política y económica de la mujer y el surgimiento de las primeras novelistas para arribar a una perspectiva feminista de la creación literaria de mujeres.
Este trabajo discute una historiografía literaria de banderías, simplificadora y deformante y que establece la existencia de dos tradiciones literarias en el Perú: la primera, criolla, limeña y conservadora; y la segunda, mestiza e indígena, provinciana y progresista. Se rechaza la imagen de Ricardo Palma como colonialista que revive el pasado y lo hace vigente como tradición fuerte y fértil. Las Tradiciones inauguran una literatura nacional como liberadora del pasado, literatura comprometida con el proyecto modernizador de las ex-colonias. Las Tradiciones asumen políticamente la labor que en el mundo europeo cumplió la historiografía de la Ilustración. ; This work discusses simplifying and erroneus a literary historiography of factions, and that establishes the existence of two literary traditions in Peru: the first, Creole, of Lima and conservative; and the second, racially mixed and indigenous, provincial and progressive. Ricardo Palma's image rejects as(like) colonialist that re-lives through the past and makes it in force as strong and fertile tradition. The Traditions inaugurate a national as liberating literature of the past, literature compromised with the project to modernize the ex-colonies. The Traditions assume politically the mission that in the European world fulfilled the historiography of the Illustration.
