Polar Writing in the Air

Heterogeneity and the Persistence of Oral Tradition in Andean Literatures
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9191-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

A classic work by the Peruvian cultural and literary critic Antonio Cornejo Polar (1936–97), Writing on Air is Cornejo Polar's fullest elaboration of "heterogeneity," the concept for which he is best known.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Polar, Antonio Cornejo

Weitere Mitwirkende

Jentsch, Lynda J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Foreword / Jean Franco ix

Introduction 1

1. Voice and the Written Word in the Cajamarca "Dialogue" 13

The Cajamarca Chroncile 13

Rituals of Other Memories 31

A Perhaps Impossible Reading 46

Identity, Alterity, History 55

2. The Structures of Homogeneity: Discourses of Impossible Harmony 59

Garcilaso: Harmony Rent Asunder 60

Social Depictions of the Inca 66

From Garcilaso to Palma: One Language for All? 71

Concerning Patriotic Speeches and Proclamations 75

In Fiction: Three Novels 82

Cumandá 84

Torn from the Nest 89

Juan de la Rosa 94

Celebrations 103

3. Stone of Boiling Blood: The Challenges of Modernization 113

The Ambiguities of a New Language 114

The Emergence of Dualism 126

An Andean Modernity 131

A Hobbled History: The Indigenist Novel 136

The Subject Explodes 145

Underground Voices 154

Overture 165

Notes 173

Index 209

Über Autor(innen)

Antonio Cornejo Polar (1936–1997) was an internationally acclaimed Peruvian literary and cultural critic. He taught and served as Rector at the National University of San Marcos in Lima. Over the course of his career, he held visiting professorships in Latin America, Europe, and the United States. Cornejo Polar wrote eleven books and founded and edited the well-respected journal Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinaomericana.