Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record
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Resumo: | The Guatemalan Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), writer, diplomat and Nobel Prize for Literature (1967) was one of the greatest Latin American writers, along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Among his many works, the most renowned is El señor presidente (1946), a novel that brought him international fame and through which he represents, in a very bizarre way, the portrait of a typical Latin American dictator and his government based on terror, evil, and death. In this context, dominated by fear and cruelty, two women appear – Camila Canales and Nina Fedina – who, united by the tragedy, will have to cope with this power play between good and evil. In the analysis of the female trajectory, one can observe the construction of a hybrid narrative since it incorporates “la historia en la literature,” which shows the struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. According to the Latin American myths, the former represented the oppressed, including women, often ignored; the latter, the dictator and all those people who condoned him by fear or ambition. By highlighting the role of these two female characters, this work aims to show that literature and history reflect reality through different levels of identity (Pesavento, 2006), and that literature can serve as a source for history, regarding “registration and impression of life”, since it is “an undeniable record of its time.” |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time recordLiteratura e história em El señor presidente, de Miguel Ángel Asturias: registro de seu tempoMiguel Angel AsturiasLatin American LiteratureLiterature and history.Miguel Ángel AsturiasLiteratura Latino-americanaLiteratura e história.The Guatemalan Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), writer, diplomat and Nobel Prize for Literature (1967) was one of the greatest Latin American writers, along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Among his many works, the most renowned is El señor presidente (1946), a novel that brought him international fame and through which he represents, in a very bizarre way, the portrait of a typical Latin American dictator and his government based on terror, evil, and death. In this context, dominated by fear and cruelty, two women appear – Camila Canales and Nina Fedina – who, united by the tragedy, will have to cope with this power play between good and evil. In the analysis of the female trajectory, one can observe the construction of a hybrid narrative since it incorporates “la historia en la literature,” which shows the struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. According to the Latin American myths, the former represented the oppressed, including women, often ignored; the latter, the dictator and all those people who condoned him by fear or ambition. By highlighting the role of these two female characters, this work aims to show that literature and history reflect reality through different levels of identity (Pesavento, 2006), and that literature can serve as a source for history, regarding “registration and impression of life”, since it is “an undeniable record of its time.”O guatemalteco Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899-1974), escritor, diplomata e Prêmio Nobel de Literatura (1967) foi um dos grandes escritores latino-americanos, junto com Gabriel García Márquez e Mario Vargas Llosa. Entre suas várias obras destaca-se El señor presidente (1946), o romance que lhe trouxe fama internacional e no qual traça, de forma caricatural e grotesca, o retrato de um típico ditador latino-americano e de seu governo baseado no terror, na maldade e na morte. Nesse contexto, onde predomina o medo e a crueldade, aparecem duas mulheres – Camila Canales e Niña Fedina – que, unidas pela tragédia, terão de fazer frente a esse jogo de poder entre o bem e o mal. Na análise da trajetória dessas duas personagens se percebe a construção de uma narrativa hibrida, porque “incorpora la historia en la literatura”, que coloca a mostra a luta travada entre as forças da luz – o povo oprimido do qual fazem parte as mulheres, muitas vezes ignoradas – e a das trevas – o ditador e todos que, por medo ou ambição, compactuam com ele –, segundo os mitos latino-americanos. Neste trabalho, ao destacar essas duas personagens, objetiva-se mostrar, como sinalizou Pesavento (2006), que a literatura e a história “guardam com a realidade distintos níveis de aproximação”, e que a literatura pode servir de fonte para a história, enquanto “registro e impressão da vida”, porque é um “inegável registro de seu tempo”.Editora da PUCRS - ediPUCRS2016-05-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/2393610.15448/1984-4301.2016.1.23936Letrônica; Vol. 9 No. 1 (2016): Estudos do significado & O romance histórico, ontem e hoje; 165-174Letrônica; v. 9 n. 1 (2016): Estudos do significado & O romance histórico, ontem e hoje; 165-1741984-430110.15448/1984-4301.2016.1reponame:letrônicainstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)instacron:PUC_RSporhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/article/view/23936/14523Copyright (c) 2016 Letrônicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessHülsendeger, MargareteKohlrausch, Regina2017-02-15T17:58:31Zoai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/23936Revistahttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronicaPRIhttps://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/ojs/index.php/letronica/oailetronica@pucrs.br||ivanetemileski@gmail.com1984-43011984-4301opendoar:2017-02-15T17:58:31letrônica - Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)false |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record Literatura e história em El señor presidente, de Miguel Ángel Asturias: registro de seu tempo |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record Hülsendeger, Margarete Miguel Angel Asturias Latin American Literature Literature and history. Miguel Ángel Asturias Literatura Latino-americana Literatura e história. |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record |
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Literature and history in El señor president of Miguel Ángel Asturias: your time record |
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Hülsendeger, Margarete |
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Hülsendeger, Margarete Kohlrausch, Regina |
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Hülsendeger, Margarete Kohlrausch, Regina |
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Miguel Angel Asturias Latin American Literature Literature and history. Miguel Ángel Asturias Literatura Latino-americana Literatura e história. |
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Miguel Angel Asturias Latin American Literature Literature and history. Miguel Ángel Asturias Literatura Latino-americana Literatura e história. |
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The Guatemalan Miguel Angel Asturias (1899-1974), writer, diplomat and Nobel Prize for Literature (1967) was one of the greatest Latin American writers, along with Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Mario Vargas Llosa. Among his many works, the most renowned is El señor presidente (1946), a novel that brought him international fame and through which he represents, in a very bizarre way, the portrait of a typical Latin American dictator and his government based on terror, evil, and death. In this context, dominated by fear and cruelty, two women appear – Camila Canales and Nina Fedina – who, united by the tragedy, will have to cope with this power play between good and evil. In the analysis of the female trajectory, one can observe the construction of a hybrid narrative since it incorporates “la historia en la literature,” which shows the struggle between the forces of light and the forces of darkness. According to the Latin American myths, the former represented the oppressed, including women, often ignored; the latter, the dictator and all those people who condoned him by fear or ambition. By highlighting the role of these two female characters, this work aims to show that literature and history reflect reality through different levels of identity (Pesavento, 2006), and that literature can serve as a source for history, regarding “registration and impression of life”, since it is “an undeniable record of its time.” |
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