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On the Dark Side of the Archive - Nation and Literature in Spanish America at the Turn of the Century (Hardcover)
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On the Dark Side of the Archive - Nation and Literature in Spanish America at the Turn of the Century (Hardcover)
Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature and Theory
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On the Dark Side of the Archive examines nineteenth-century nation
building through narratives that are not part of the romantic or
realist traditions, specifically those associated with the critique
of traditional ideas often portrayed in Decadentism and modernismo.
The study focuses on the "non-canonical" works of
turn-of-the-century authors-including Jose Maria Vargas Vila,
Horacio Quiroga, Clemente Palma, and Jose Marti-and concludes with
a study that compares the literary portrayal of doomed societies in
the nineteenth century with the work of contemporary authors, such
as Fernando Vallejo. Gonzalez Espitia establishes a critique of the
concept of nation building in the romantic narratives of South
America. These narratives are generally characterized by underlying
erotic discourses meant to set the recently liberated countries of
Latin America on a path toward class harmony, racial integration,
socially beneficial marriage, and demographic expansion. An
analysis of nation-building narratives understood as erotic
discourses must also consider novels that manifest a dynamics of
self-destruction. The authors included in this book subvert the
idea of "nation" as a clear, positive, and fruitful space, bringing
a dose of reality to this elusive concept. These authors design
alternative futures for Latin America, futures that were seen as
fruitless, obscure, contemptible, or doomed.
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