There is an intertextual web unique to Andean culture that goes beyond references
to literary texts. This dissertation analyzes an alternative text, Andean textiles, two
intimately related textual practices: Andean cosmology and story telling variants, and two
written texts: the XVI century quechua manuscript Gods and Men from Huarochirí and
José María Arguedas’ last novel The Fox from Up Above and the Fox from Down Below.
In this analysis, I place the oral trace of the fox character, shared by the textualities
consulted, at the center of an intertextual web that gives us an Andean perspective on the
concept of cultural encounter. Through the reconstruction of this intertextual web that
shares the common ground of orality, it can be said that the fox character is capable of
traversing opposite spaces and inhabiting areas of contact, and we find that all of the
textualities where he is to be found share the recurring tropes of origin, immigration and
mestizaje. As a central conclusion of my study in regards to the relationship between
textuality and identity, I propose that the way in which the fox has been textualized
expresses with an admirable constancy the dilemma of a subject that transits and
therefore belongs to two different worlds: condemned to lose yet destined to survive. This dissertation intends to lead to a new perspective on two literary classics, to open up space
for other kinds of textualities and textual practices, to redefine the theory of
intertextuality paying attention to the text and context dynamic and most importantly to
stress the influence of textuality in identity formation.
This dissertation is written in Spanish.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uoregon.edu/oai:scholarsbank.uoregon.edu:1794/12409 |
| Date | January 2012 |
| Creators | Aranda, Blanca, Aranda, Blanca |
| Contributors | Taylor, Analisa |
| Publisher | University of Oregon |
| Source Sets | University of Oregon |
| Language | Spanish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Rights | All Rights Reserved. |
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