Contemporary novels about Patagonia rely on foundational texts to caricature the region as a sterile, empty, and isolated. This stereotype was the impetus for this study. Through literary texts concerning Patagonia, the author joins the theoretical debate regarding the relationship between marginal and hegemonic cultures. A close analysis of writings on Patagonia reveals that the image of Patagonian space varies considerably depending on the perspective of the narrator, character, or writer. This dissertation analyzes the construction of Patagonian space in six contemporary novels by Chilean and Argentinean writers. It is divided into two sections. The first section discusses novels written about Patagonia by non-Patagonians. These works depend on and repeat the image of Patagonia found in certain foundational texts. The texts analyzed in this section include Patagonia Express, by Luis Seplveda, Final de novela en Patagonia, by Mempo Giardinelli, and La tierra del fuego, by Sylvia Iparraguirre. By contrast, the second part of the dissertation analyzes novels by Patagonian writers. Rather than the familiar stereotypes of Patagonia, these works paint a vibrant picture of the social, economic, cultural, and human realities of Patagonia. The texts of this section include the short stories Caminos y rastrilladas borrosas and Memorias de un carrero patagnico, by Asencio Abeijn and Pap botas altas (a collection of short stories), by David Aracena as well as the novel El corazn a contraluz, by Patricio Manns. The theoretical framework for this dissertation derives from Humanistic Geography an emphasis on the social awareness. Particularly special attention is paid to the ways in which environment shapes human interactions. Within that framework, the use of Cultural Landscape theory serves to illustrate how the social and physical environment shapes the perception of space in Patagonian literature. The ideas of the geographers Edward Soja, Yi-Fu Tuan, Lester Rowntree, Paul Adams, Steven Hoelscher, Karen Till and Edward Casey are used in this dissertation. In addition, the ideas of the literary scholars Arturo Roig, Michael Keith and Steve Pile contributed greatly towards the conclusion that critics must remain constantly aware of how location shapes the perspectives of space and discourses of power.

Esta dissertação pretende analisar as mudanças dos modos de representação ficcional que, entre 1973 a 2002, assumiu o projeto narrativo de Luis Gusmán, tendo como fulcro uma leitura específica de seu romance En el corazón de junio, observando \"a crise do contrato mimético\" aberta por sua primeira narrativa e depois abandonada ao longo da trajetória, aproximando-se ao referente. -Reconstruir um marco histórico da Argentina dos anos 1970 a 2002. -Pensar o lugar da revista Literal (1973-1977) no campo literário. -Desenhar as tomadas de posição de Gusmán com relação a Literal e sua proposta estética nos anos posteriores. -Construir uma tentativa de leitura do romance En el corazón de junio (1983) -Analisar a aproximação particular do autor frente ao realismo literário. / This thesis intends to analyze changes in the fictional representing modes of Luis Gusmán\'s narrative project, between 1973 and 2002, locating its core at the specific reading of his novel En el corazón de junio observing \"the mimetic contract crisis\", opened by his first narrative then abandoned alongside the trajectory, approaching the referent. -Reconstruct Argentina\'s historic marks from 1970\'s to 2002. -Think the place of Literal Review (1973-1977) in literary field. -Outline Gusmán\'s stands concerning Literal and his aesthetic propose afterwards. -Construct a reading assay of the novel En el corazón de junio (1983). -Analyze the author\'s particular approach to literary realism.

Esta dissertação pretende analisar as mudanças dos modos de representação ficcional que, entre 1973 a 2002, assumiu o projeto narrativo de Luis Gusmán, tendo como fulcro uma leitura específica de seu romance En el corazón de junio, observando \"a crise do contrato mimético\" aberta por sua primeira narrativa e depois abandonada ao longo da trajetória, aproximando-se ao referente. -Reconstruir um marco histórico da Argentina dos anos 1970 a 2002. -Pensar o lugar da revista Literal (1973-1977) no campo literário. -Desenhar as tomadas de posição de Gusmán com relação a Literal e sua proposta estética nos anos posteriores. -Construir uma tentativa de leitura do romance En el corazón de junio (1983) -Analisar a aproximação particular do autor frente ao realismo literário. / This thesis intends to analyze changes in the fictional representing modes of Luis Gusmán\'s narrative project, between 1973 and 2002, locating its core at the specific reading of his novel En el corazón de junio observing \"the mimetic contract crisis\", opened by his first narrative then abandoned alongside the trajectory, approaching the referent. -Reconstruct Argentina\'s historic marks from 1970\'s to 2002. -Think the place of Literal Review (1973-1977) in literary field. -Outline Gusmán\'s stands concerning Literal and his aesthetic propose afterwards. -Construct a reading assay of the novel En el corazón de junio (1983). -Analyze the author\'s particular approach to literary realism.

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Orientador: Sylvia Helena Tellarolli de Almeida Leite / Banca: Maria Dolores Aybar Ramirez / Banca: Pablo Fernando Gasparini / Resumo: A pesquisa visa estudar a obra de Copi ( Raúl Damonte Botana 1939-1987), escritor argentino, num âmbito maior de questões, que servirão de apoio teórico- crítico possibilitando uma abordagem mais ampla. Da totalidade de sua obra (ele escreveu romances, peças teatrais e é autor também de desenhos e quadrinhos humorísticos), enfatizar-se-á o estudo da série teatral e dentro dela três peças: Cachafaz, A sombra de Wenceslao, e Eva Perón. Elas foram escolhidas por serem altamente representativas da estética controversa, humorística, paródica e irônica do autor. Primeiramente, tem-se como objetivo realizar uma investigação das formas do humor relacionando-as aos textos do autor argentino e procurando uma leitura crítica que permita repensar essas categorias à luz das particularidades da obra de Copi. Num segundo momento, situar-se-ão estas obras do autor em relação à tradição literária argentina. Elas devem ser lidas como um diálogo com a literatura e a história argentina, com os mitos e estigmas de sua cultura (tanto literários quanto históricos) que compõem ou têm composto os "grandes traços" daquilo que se supõe ser a "argentinidade". Em relação com o primeiro objetivo, estudar-se-á teoricamente a gênesis, as especificidades e diferenças entre o humor, a comicidade, a paródia, a sátira e a ironia e formas afins, fazendo um percurso pelos principais filósofos e teóricos que abordaram estas questões. Estudar-se-á especialmente a parodia, por ser ela a forma constitutiva da escrita de Copi, mas também por ser uma das formas recorrentes da arte (tanto literária quanto pictórica) das ultimas décadas. Em relação ao segundo objetivo, ao vincular a obra de Copi a tradição literária argentina, realizar-se-á um estudo dos seguintes gêneros e movimentos da literatura rioplatense: gauchesca, sainete, grotesco, criollismo, tango. A intenção da pesquisa visa esclarecer e fornecer uma leitura... / Abstract: This research aims to study the work of Copi (Raúl Damonte Botana 1939-1987), Argentinean writer, in a broader scenery of topics, that will be of theoretical and critical support, to permit a more general boarding. From the totality of his work (he wrote novels, theatrical plays, and is also the author of cartoons and humoristic comics), we will emphasize the study of his theater and within it three plays: Cachafaz, A sombra de Wenceslao, and Eva Perón. They were chosen because they are highly representative of the author's controversial esthetics, humorous, parodic and ironic. Our first objective is to investigate about the forms of humor relating them to the texts of the Argentinean author and looking for a critical reading that allows us to represent those categories in the light of the particularities of Copi's work. In a second time, we are going to situate the author's texts in relation to the Argentinean literature. His work must to be read as a conversation with the Argentinean literature and history, with the myths and stigma of its culture (both literary and historical) that are part or have been part of the "great traits" of what is supposed to be the "argentinity". In relation to our first objective, we will study the genesis, the specificity and the differences between the humor, the hilarious, the parody, the satire and the irony and related forms, beginning from the main philosophers and theoretic whom studied these themes. The parody is specially going to be analyzed, not only because it is the form that constitutes Copi's work, but also because it is one of the recurrent forms of the art (both literary and pictorial) of the lasts decades. In relation to our second objective, when relating Copi's work to the Argentinean literature, we are going to study the following genera and movements of Rioplatense literature: gauchesca, sainete, grotesco, criollismo, tango. The intention of this research aims to... / Mestre

Le refus de l’écrivain argentin Andrés Rivera (1928) de considérer certains de ses romans comme historiques est le point de départ de notre réflexion. Nous abordons dans ce travail les relations entre histoire et fiction, les évolutions de l’historiographie ainsi que celles du roman historique. La prolifération de romans historiques en Amérique latine dans les années 80 et 90 et les évolutions dans le style et les thèmes de ces romans ont amené de nombreux critiques à se pencher sur le phénomène et à étudier ce qui caractérisaient ce qu’ils ont appelé le « nouveau roman historique », « le roman historique contemporain » ou encore « le roman historique postmoderne ». Nous avons constitué notre corpus de romans ou courts romans de Rivera en nous appuyant sur la définition de Seymour Menton selon laquelle un roman est historique si son action se déroule de manière prédominante dans un passé non vécu par l’auteur. Nous avons donc choisi les fictions dont la diégèse se situe entre le XIXe siècle et le début du XXe siècle, ce qui correspond à certaines périodes clés de l’histoire argentine : la Révolution de Mai (La revolución es un sueño eterno), les guerres civiles et l’époque de Rosas (En esta dulce tierra, El farmer et Esemanco Paz), l’essor de la bourgeoisie rurale dans les années 80 du XIXe siècle (El amigo de Baudelaire et Lasierva), les années 20 du XXe siècle (El profundo Sur et Hay que matar). Nous proposons d’analyser, dans ce corpus, la lecture de l’histoire argentine que propose Rivera, la conception de l’histoire qui s’en dégage et la réécriture de l’histoire qu’il propose à partir de la fiction. / Argentinean writer Andrés Rivera’s refusal to consider some of his novels as being historical is the starting point of our reflection. In this work we approach the relations between history and fiction, the evolutions of historiography as well as those of the historical novel. The proliferation of historical novels in Latin America in the 1980’s and the 1990’s in particular, and the evolutions in the style and the themes of these novels have brought many critics to look into the phenomenon and to study the characteristics of what they have called the « new historical novel », « the contemporary historical novel » or more « the post-modern historical novel ». The formation of our corpus of novels or short stories by Rivera is based on Seymour Menton’s definition ; a novel is historical if the action takes place in a past that the author did not live. Thus, we chose the fictions in which the diegesis takes place between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, which matches key periods of the Argentinean history : the May Revolution (« La revolución es un sueño eterno »), the civil wars and the period of Rosas (« En esta dulcetierra », « El farmer » and « Ese manco Paz »), the rise of the rural middle classes in the 1880's (« El amigo de Baudelaire » and « La sierva »), the 1920's (« Elprofundo Sur » and « Hay que matar »). Through this corpus, we intend to analyze the reading of the Argentinean history offered by Rivera, the notion of history drawn from it and the rewriting of history based on fiction he proposes

A literatura brasileira tem sido isolada dos estudos literários (acadêmicos, críticos e historiográficos) que tentam dar conta da chamada Literatura latinoamericana. Com um enfoque comparatista da produção historiográfica literária da Argentina e do Brasil românticos, esta pesquisa tem por objeto colocar em relação direta os processos discursivos que as elites letradas de cada país elaboraram no momento de criar (inventar) as nações emergentes. Desta forma se busca ressaltar as semelhanças dos processos sem extenuar nem forçar as comparações. O projeto contempla, também, a possibilidade de colocar em evidência alguns aspectos problemáticos das chamadas literaturas nacionais na atualidade. Para isso, analisar-se-á um corpus de textos de historiografia literária de ambos os países no contexto da produção historiográfica latinoamericana no século XIX, em particular, e ocidental, em geral. As ideias de romantismo, nacionalismo e historiografia literária e liberal do século XIX conformam o pano de fundo no qual se inscreve o projeto. / Brazilian literatura has been taken aside from literary studies (as academical, critical and historiographical) that try to comprise the so-called Latin American Literature. Based on a comparison between Argentinean and Brazilian historiographical literary production of romantic writers, this research had as object to make a direct relation between the discursive processe elaborated by the literate elites of each country while creating (inventing) emerging Nations-Satates. Therefore, we intend to emphasize the similarities of the processes without exhaust or forcing comparisons. The project considers also the possibility of highlighting some problematic aspects of the so-called current national literatures. In this regard, a corpus of written literary historiography of both countries will be analyzed in the historiographical production context of Latin America, particulary, and Occident, in general, during the 19th century. Ideas of romanticism, nationalism, and literary and liberal historiography configure the backdrop in wich the project is inscribed.

A literatura brasileira tem sido isolada dos estudos literários (acadêmicos, críticos e historiográficos) que tentam dar conta da chamada Literatura latinoamericana. Com um enfoque comparatista da produção historiográfica literária da Argentina e do Brasil românticos, esta pesquisa tem por objeto colocar em relação direta os processos discursivos que as elites letradas de cada país elaboraram no momento de criar (inventar) as nações emergentes. Desta forma se busca ressaltar as semelhanças dos processos sem extenuar nem forçar as comparações. O projeto contempla, também, a possibilidade de colocar em evidência alguns aspectos problemáticos das chamadas literaturas nacionais na atualidade. Para isso, analisar-se-á um corpus de textos de historiografia literária de ambos os países no contexto da produção historiográfica latinoamericana no século XIX, em particular, e ocidental, em geral. As ideias de romantismo, nacionalismo e historiografia literária e liberal do século XIX conformam o pano de fundo no qual se inscreve o projeto. / Brazilian literatura has been taken aside from literary studies (as academical, critical and historiographical) that try to comprise the so-called Latin American Literature. Based on a comparison between Argentinean and Brazilian historiographical literary production of romantic writers, this research had as object to make a direct relation between the discursive processe elaborated by the literate elites of each country while creating (inventing) emerging Nations-Satates. Therefore, we intend to emphasize the similarities of the processes without exhaust or forcing comparisons. The project considers also the possibility of highlighting some problematic aspects of the so-called current national literatures. In this regard, a corpus of written literary historiography of both countries will be analyzed in the historiographical production context of Latin America, particulary, and Occident, in general, during the 19th century. Ideas of romanticism, nationalism, and literary and liberal historiography configure the backdrop in wich the project is inscribed.

Notre recherche s’intéressera à la composition sophistiquée de ce que nous allons dénommer « la maison livresque frésanienne » ou « série intertextuelle ». À travers notre étude, il s’agira de montrer que les neuf ouvrages de Rodrigo Fresán, sans égard à leurs appartenances génériques et leurs thématiques diverses, forment un tout cohérent et ils ne peuvent pas, par conséquent, être étudiés de façon séparée. Nous mettrons en évidence la continuité, la logique et, surtout, le caractère systématique du projet littéraire unissant tous les livres de l’auteur dans une série intertextuelle unique, fractale et « en devenir ». Eu égard au fait que cette écriture génériquement hybride est caractérisée par une tension entre les techniques d’unification et celles de discontinuité, nous effectuerons une présentation des procédés d’intégration et d’atomisation mis en place dans les collections de nouvelles intégrées et dans les romans de l’auteur. Ensuite, nous dégagerons la stratégie principale d’édification du continuum de la maison livresque : le principe de répétition et de variation. Nous explorerons plusieurs domaines d’application du mécanisme de la répétition/variation à différents niveaux de toute la série. Notre étude sera focalisée notamment sur les structures narratives, la dimension métafictionnelle, les hybridations génériques et les modèles extralittéraires de l’écriture frésanienne, c’est-à-dire ses inspirations musicales, picturales, photographiques, cinématographiques, scientifiques et religieuses. / The aim of this thesis is to examine and interpret the sophisticated composition of Rodrigo Fresán’s “house of books” or “intertextual series”. Our research will demonstrate that the nine books of the Argentinean writer, in spite of their different generic classifications and their significant thematic diversity, form a coherent whole and they cannot be therefore analyzed separately. The continuity, the logic and, most importantly, the systematic nature of this literary project, that unites all the books of the author in an original and fractal intertextual series “in progress”, will be showed. Considering the fact that this work is characterized by a generic hybridity and a tension between the unification and discontinuity techniques, the processes of literary integration and atomization utilized in the integrated story collections and in the novels of the author will be presented. Then, a repetition and variation principle will be investigated as a main construction strategy of this continuum. Many fields of application of the repetition/variation mechanisms on various levels of the series will be explored. Our study will be concentrated mostly on the narrative structures, the metafictional dimension, the generic hybridity and the extraliterary models of the Fresán’s books, that is, his musical, pictorial, photographic, film, scientific and religious inspirations.

This doctoral thesis studies the relationship between journalism and literature in contexts in which freedom of speech is at risk. It takes as primary sources a variety of nonfiction, crónicas, literary journalism and testimonial novels published by Latin American authors in Spanish, from the 1950s to the 2000s. I propose the concept ‘documentary narratives’ to refer to all literary modes of discourse which are related, in diverse degrees, to a journalistic representation of reality. My corpus covers a wide range of topics such as social protests, dictatorships, civil wars, natural disaster, crime and migration. While scholars have focused on the rhetoric and history of this kind of narratives, my reading considers the real, face-to-face encounter between the journalist and others. I argue that the representation of these encounters influences the pact with the reader and challenges the notion of truthfulness. I contend that documentary narratives can serve as a tool for the transmission of knowledge and the production of public debate in societies marked by political and social instability. In a world overwhelmed by data production and immersed in violent acts against those to be considered ‘Others’, I argue that storytelling is still an essential form of communication among individuals, classes and cultures. Contrary to the authors’s intentions of documenting others’ lives, I conclude that these stories offer an (interrupted) account of oneself, that is, the account of a contemporary storyteller pursuing a rarely fulfilled desire of getting to know the Other truly. The thesis has two appendices. Appendix 1 showcases archival material that support some of my arguments. Appendix 2 includes the transcripts of the interviews that I conducted with eight Latin American authors: Elena Poniatowska, Leila Guerriero, Cristian Alarcón, Arturo Fontaine, Santiago Roncagliolo, Francisco Goldman, Martín Caparrós, and Juan Villoro.