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The Political Martyr as a National and Cultural Narration in the 20th Century Latin-American Literature = = El martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.

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Title/Author:	The Political Martyr as a National and Cultural Narration in the 20th Century Latin-American Literature =/
Reminder of title:	El martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.
remainder title:	Martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.
Author:	Cortes-Evans, Diana.
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Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12, Section: A.
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The Political Martyr as a National and Cultural Narration in the 20th Century Latin-American Literature = = El martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.
Cortes-Evans, Diana.

The Political Martyr as a National and Cultural Narration in the 20th Century Latin-American Literature =El martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.Martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX. - 1 online resource (180 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-12, Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2022.

Includes bibliographical references

This research seeks to understand the issue of modern martyrdom and its relationship to politics and religion. Although political martyrdom in Latin America is rooted in Christianity, the phenomenon has a secular function in the modern era manifested in the formation of social movements, subversiveness and manifestations of violence. Figures of the dead appear in the literary works as devices that speak of a past and of nation; in the same way, they are treated as signs, myths, specters, and commodified objects available for exploitation by groups with specific political agendas. In this research, we study six contemporary works which offer testimonies of the great political upheaval triggered by the death of political figures who are representatives of populist and guerrilla movements in both Colombia and Argentina. These were the cases of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan and Camilo Torres in Colombia, and Eva Peron in Argentina. The novels take as a starting point these deaths as a motive for their creation while they evidence the way these martyrdoms correspond to cultural creations that erase the borders between religion and politics. Indeed, the fictions account for the perpetuation of myths, the disfiguration of history, and the role of writing as an exercise of memory and performance. Finally, the politization of the body showcases the bonds between the living and the dead, similar to the nation and the body. The first chapter addresses the novels Condores no entierran todos los dias (1972) by Gustavo Alvarez, and Estaba la pajara pinta sentada en el verde limon (1975) by Alabalucia Angel, fictions whose genesis is framed in 'el 9 de abril' (April 9th), the name given to the social outbreak and attempt of revolution that took place in Colombia after the magnicide of Jorge Eliecer Gaitan in 1948. In this chapter, we explore the notion of martyrdom as a sign and a myth. The second chapter analyzes the martyr figure of Camilo Torres-a priest, a sociologist, and an activist killed in 1966- in parallel with the case of Ernesto Guevara. We support our analysis with the Derridian neologism spectropolitics in the novels La siembra de Camilo (1971) by Fernando Soto, and Anos de fuga (1979) by Plinio Mendoza, to explain the political role of the specter. In order to do a Marxist reading of the works and an understanding of the iconic influence of Torres in the failed Colombian Revolution, we resort to philosophical trends such as Liberation Theology and Dependency Theory. Lastly, the third chapter examines the figures of Eva Peron-First Lady in Argentina during the Peron regime, who dies in 1952 due to natural causes- and Jorge Eliecer Gaitan as secular saints, erotic objects, and fetishes in Santa Evita (1995) by Tomas Eloy Martinez, and La forma de las ruinas (2015) by Juan Gabriel Vasquez. In these literary works the writers read their nations from these two cadavers falling prisoners of the unavoidable fetishization towards the figures and the past.

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The Political Martyr as a National and Cultural Narration in the 20th Century Latin-American Literature = = El martir politico como narracion nacional y cultural en la literatura latinoamericana del siglo XX.
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520 $a Esta investigacion busca entender la problematica del martirio moderno y su relacion con la politica y la religion. Aunque el martirio politico en Latinoamerica este arraigado en el cristianismo, dicho fenomeno cumple una funcion secular en la era moderna manifiesta en la conformacion de movimientos sociales, subversividades y manifestaciones de violencia. Las figuras muertas aparecen en los trabajos literarios como recursos para hablar del pasado y de la nacion; estas son tratadas como signos, mitos, espectros, y objetos mercantilizados disponibles a la explotacion de grupos con agendas politicas especificas. En esta investigacion estudiamos seis obras contemporaneas, las cuales ofrecen testimonios de la gran agitacion politica que se desencadena tras las muertes de figuras politicas representantes de movimientos populistas y guerrilleros en naciones como Colombia y Argentina. Tales fueron los casos de Jorge Eliecer Gaitan y Camilo Torres en Colombia, y Eva Peron en Argentina. Las ficciones toman como punto de partida estas muertes como motivo a su creacion, y evidencian la manera en que estos martirios corresponden a creaciones culturales que rompen las fronteras entre la religion y la politica. En efecto las ficciones dan cuenta de la perpetuacion de mitos, las desfiguraciones de la historia, y el rol de la escritura como ejercicio de memoria y performance. Por ultimo, la politizacion del cuerpo evidencia los vinculos entre los vivos y los muertos, asi como la nacion y el cuerpo.El primer capitulo aborda las novelas Condores no entierran todos los dias (1972) de Gustavo Alvarez y Estaba la pajara pinta sentada en el verde limon (1975) de Albalucia Angel, ficciones cuyo genesis esta enmarcada en 'el 9 de abril', nombre que recibio el estallido social e intento revolucionario que se da en Colombia tras el magnicidio a Jorge Eliecer Gaitan en 1948. En este capitulo exploramos la nocion del martirio como un signo y un mito. El segundo capitulo analiza la figura martir de Camilo Torres-sacerdote, sociologo y activista asesinado en 1966- en paralelo al caso de Ernesto Guevara. Apoyandonos en el neologismo derridiano de spectropolitics en las novelas La siembra de Camilo (1971) de Fernando Soto, y Anos de fuga (1979) de Plinio Mendoza, explicamos el rol politico del espectro. Con el fin de hacer una lectura marxista de las obras y entender el rol iconico de Torres en la fallida revolucion colombiana acudimos a corrientes filosoficas como la teologia de la liberacion y la teoria de la dependencia. Por ultimo, el tercer capitulo examina las figuras de Eva Peron-Primera Dama de la nacion argentina durante el regimen de Peron, quien fallece en 1952 por causas naturales-y Jorge Eliecer Gaitan como santos seculares, objetos eroticos y fetiches en Santa Evita (1995) de Tomas Eloy Martinez, y La forma de las ruinas (2015) de Juan Gabriel Vasquez, en estas obras artisticas los escritores leen sus naciones desde estos dos cadaveres, cayendo presos de la ineludible fetishizacion a las figuras y al pasado.
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