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Argentinean Literary Orientalism: From Esteban Echeverría to Roberto Arlt

Argentinean Literary Orientalism: From Esteban Echeverría to Roberto Arlt

Gasquet, Axel
Suárez, José I.

Paperback

Series: Historical and Cultural Interconnections Between Latin America and Asia

Literary CriticismGeneral Latin American HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic Studies

ISBN10: 3030544680
ISBN13: 9783030544683
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Nov 25 2021
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book examines the modes of representation of the East in Argentinean literature since the country's independence, in works by canonical authors such as Esteban Echeverría, Juan B. Alberdi, Domingo F. Sarmiento, Lucio V. Mansilla, Pastor S. Obligado, Eduardo F. Wilde, Leopoldo Lugones, and Roberto Arlt. The East, which has always fascinated intellectuals and artists from the Americas, inspired the creation of imaginary elements for both aesthetic and political purposes, from the depiction of purportedly despotic rulers to a genuine admiration for Eastern history and millennial cultures. These writers appropriated the East either through their travels or by reading chronicles, integrating along the way images that would end up being universalized by the Argentinean dichotomy between civilization and barbarism, all the while assigning the negative stereotypes of the exotic East to the Pampa region. With time, the exoticism of the Eastern world would shed its geopolitical meaningand was ultimately integrated into the national literature, thus adding new elements into the Argentinean imaginary.

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