A daring of Sarmiento. Autobiography and novel in Recuerdos de provincia

The circumstances of the writing and the publication of Recuerdos de provincia, in December of 1850, are more or less known. However, the passage of time has tended to make one forgetful of the risk that Sarmiento entailed in writing and publishing his autobiography. In this article, drawin...

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Autor principal: Fontana, Patricio
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2020
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description The circumstances of the writing and the publication of Recuerdos de provincia, in December of 1850, are more or less known. However, the passage of time has tended to make one forgetful of the risk that Sarmiento entailed in writing and publishing his autobiography. In this article, drawing from different theoretical approaches to the autobiographical genre (among others, those of Judith Butler and Jean Starobinski), it is analyzed how that particular risk took place. Likewise, based on certain statements by Lionel Gossman on the Confessions of Rousseau, it is also proposed that this risk implied, very markedly, the putting into crisis of what, at that time, was considered to be proper to be written and published and what was not. A central hypothesis, then, is that Recuerdos de provincia sought, perhaps unthinkingly, to break with what in its epoch was considered as writable and publishable. Finally, in relation to certain ideas of Jacques Rancière on the “aesthetic regime”, we consider the possibility that these characteristics of the text are linked to the presence of the novelistic, and then it is proposed to think of Recuerdos de provincia as an intonation of the Bildungsroman, a capital genre of the novel in the nineteenth century.
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spelling I28-R145-9608_oai2021-03-12 Fontana, Patricio 2020-11-30 The circumstances of the writing and the publication of Recuerdos de provincia, in December of 1850, are more or less known. However, the passage of time has tended to make one forgetful of the risk that Sarmiento entailed in writing and publishing his autobiography. In this article, drawing from different theoretical approaches to the autobiographical genre (among others, those of Judith Butler and Jean Starobinski), it is analyzed how that particular risk took place. Likewise, based on certain statements by Lionel Gossman on the Confessions of Rousseau, it is also proposed that this risk implied, very markedly, the putting into crisis of what, at that time, was considered to be proper to be written and published and what was not. A central hypothesis, then, is that Recuerdos de provincia sought, perhaps unthinkingly, to break with what in its epoch was considered as writable and publishable. Finally, in relation to certain ideas of Jacques Rancière on the “aesthetic regime”, we consider the possibility that these characteristics of the text are linked to the presence of the novelistic, and then it is proposed to think of Recuerdos de provincia as an intonation of the Bildungsroman, a capital genre of the novel in the nineteenth century. Las circunstancias de la escritura y la publicación de Recuerdos de provincia, en diciembre de 1850, son más o menos conocidas. Sin embargo, el paso del tiempo ha tendido a hacer olvidar o a diluir el riesgo que implicó para Sarmiento escribir y publicar su autobiografía. En este artículo, a partir de diferentes abordajes teóricos del género autobiográfico (entre otros los de Judith Butler o Jean Starobinski), se analiza dónde radicaba específicamente el riesgo que corrió Sarmiento al escribir y publicar su autobiografía. En igual sentido, a partir de ciertas afirmaciones de Lionel Gossman sobre las Confesiones de Rousseau, se propone además que ese riesgo implicaba, muy especialmente, la puesta en crisis de lo que en ese momento se consideraba con derecho a ser escrito y publicado y qué no. Una hipótesis central, entonces, es que Recuerdos de provincia buscó, acaso impensadamente, romper con lo que se consideraba como escribible y publicable. Finalmente, en relación estrecha con lo anterior, y a propósito de ciertas ideas de Jacques Rancière sobre el “régimen estético”, se elucubra sobre la posibilidad de que estas características del texto se vinculen con la presencia en él de lo novelesco, y se propone pensar Recuerdos de provincia como una entonación de la Bildungsroman, género central de la novela en el siglo XIX. As circunstâncias da redação e publicação de Recuerdos de Provincia, em dezembro de 1850, são mais ou menos conhecidas. No entanto, a passagem do tempo tendeu a fazer esquecer o risco em que Sarmiento incorria ao escrever e publicar sua autobiografia. Neste artigo, a partir de diferentes abordagens teóricas do gênero autobiográfico (entre outras, as de Judith Butler e Jean Starobinski), analisa-se a especifidade do risco que Sarmiento correu ao escrever e publicar sua autobiografia. Do mesmo modo, com base em certas afirmações de Lionel Gossman sobre as Confissões de Rousseau, propõe-se também que esse risco implicou, muito particularmente, pôr em crise o que então se considerava legítimo ser escrito e publicado e o que não era. Uma hipótese central, então, é que Recuerdos de Provincia buscou, talvez de maneira impensada, romper com o que era, à época, considerado escrevível e publicável. Por fim, em relação a certas ideias de Jacques Rancière sobre o “regime estético”, considera-se a possibilidade de que essas características do texto estejam ligadas à presença nele do romanesco, e se propõe pensar Recuerdos de Provincia como uma entonação do Bildungsroman, um gênero capital do romance no século XIX. application/pdf text/html http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/zama/article/view/9608 10.34096/zama.a12.n12.9608 spa Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/zama/article/view/9608/8372 http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/zama/article/view/9608/8393 Zama; Vol. 12 Núm. 12 (2020); 9-20 2422-6017 1851-6866 autobiography novel Sarmiento Alberdi autobiografía novela Sarmiento Alberdi autobiografia romance Sarmiento Alberdi A daring of Sarmiento. Autobiography and novel in Recuerdos de provincia Una osadía de Sarmiento. Autobiografía y novela en Recuerdos de provincia Uma ousadia de Sarmiento. Autobiografia e romance em Recuerdos de provincia info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=zama&d=9608_oai