Historia de un hecho regional canónico
Considering canon as the model imposed by a powerful group, this paper deals with the canonization of San Martin in the Crossing of the Andes as recounted by authors belonging to the ruling class. This is carried out through the comparison of this character with Napoleón, Hannibal, Alexander the Gre...
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| Sumario: | Considering canon as the model imposed by a powerful group, this paper deals with the canonization of San Martin in the Crossing of the Andes as recounted by authors belonging to the ruling class. This is carried out through the comparison of this character with Napoleón, Hannibal, Alexander the Great and other iconic heroic figures of Western history.
Three narratives build San Martin's image as that of a Romantic hero, a soldier of Liberty and a protector of the nations he liberales. In El paso de los Andes by Gerónimo Espejo, San Martín, as a standard of democracy, confronts the tyrannical image of the Spaniards. Espejo, a careful historian, considers San Martín 's crossing more valuable than Napoleón 's or Hannibal 's. In Historia de San Martín, Bartolomé Mitre depicts the hero as a standard for American unity in the cause for Independence. He also considers San Martín superior to Napoleón and Hannibal but equals his action to that of Bolívar in the Ecuadorian Andes. Ricardo Rojas in El santo de la espada builds a religious image of San Martin and classifies him together with Parsifal. Lohengrin and El Cid as Christian heroes. The comparison of San Martin with Napoleón, Hannibal and even Alexander is hacked-up by the Argentinean iconography of the time. Sculptures depicting San Martin double Napoleón 's gesture in David's picture of the San Bernardo's Pass. This painting, in turn, echoes Alexander's image. Thus, the image of this
Argentinean hero is successfully assimilated in Western tradition. |
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