Informe sobre peronistas en Sobre héroes y tumbas
On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sábato has been the object of numerous critical studies. However, this overwhelming corpus has ignored a fundamental element in the novel: Perón's and Peronism's compelling influence in the third chapter, "Report on the Blind". Without the Peronist...
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I11-R112article-40682022-06-01T11:59:54Z Report on Peronists in On Heroes and Tombs Informe sobre peronistas en Sobre héroes y tumbas Guntsche, Marina Sábato Perón Peronismo Civilización Barbarie Sábato Perón Peronism Civilization Barbarism On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sábato has been the object of numerous critical studies. However, this overwhelming corpus has ignored a fundamental element in the novel: Perón's and Peronism's compelling influence in the third chapter, "Report on the Blind". Without the Peronist experience according to Sábato, the novel would lack Fernando and his informative descent to the sewage system in Buenos Aires. The unknown and marginal situation of the Argentine workers' world before Perón parallels the unexplored condition of the blinds' world in the "Report of the Blind." Fernando's hellish descent to this ignored underworld allows him to get to know it and, by means of his "Report," to let it be known to the ignorant, sighted citizens. In similar fashion, the firstPeronist experience, a hellish one according to Sábato, forced the ignorant upper classes the imperative need to know the massive workers' world. On Heroes and Tombs includes the traditional dichotomy of civilization and barbarism. However, thanks to the "Report on the Blind," this conservative topic is transformed into the inclusive model of civilization plus barbarism. The analysis of Peronism in the "Report of the Blind" lessens the legitimacy of negative critical conclusions that undervalue the innovation and literary qualities of On Heroes and Tombs due to the apparent traditional or reactionary ideologyof its author. Moreover, this critical framework sheds light on the crucial debt the "Report" has to the Peronist phenomenon. Sobre héroes y tumbas de Ernesto Sábato ha sido objeto de numerosísimos estudios críticos. Este abrumador corpus ha ignorado, sin embargo, un asunto central en la configuración novelística: la influencia de Perón y del peronismo potencializada en el tercer capítulo "Informe sobre ciegos". Sin la experiencia peronista según Sábato la novela carecería de Fernando y su informativo descenso a las cloacas de Buenos Aires. La situación ignota y relegada del mundo trabajador previo a Perón se presenta en el "Informe sobre ciegos" como la condición de inexplorado del mundo de los ciegos. El descenso infernal de Fernando a este ignorado submundo le permite conocerlo y darlo a conocer con su "Informe" a los ignorantes ciudadanos videntes, al igual que la experienciadel primer peronismo, infernal según Sábato, impuso a las ignorantes clases altas la imperiosa necesidad de conocer el mundo de la masa trabajadora. Sobre héroes y tumbas retoma la tradicional dicotomía civilización y barbarie, pero, gracias al "Informe sobre ciegos", este leit motiv liberal se transforma en el modelo integrador de civilización más barbarie. La consideración del peronismo en el "Informe sobre ciegos" permite restar validez a juicios críticos negativos que desestiman el carácter novedoso o la calidad literaria de Sobre héroes y tumbas por la aparente ideología tradicional o reaccionaria de su autor. Además, este enfoque contribuye a destacar la crucial deuda del "Informe" con el fenómeno peronista. Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana (CILHA) 2013-06-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/cilha/article/view/4068 Cuadernos del CILHA; Vol. 14 Núm. 1 (2013); 10-31 1852-9615 1515-6125 spa https://revistas.uncu.edu.ar/ojs3/index.php/cilha/article/view/4068/2922 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ |
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On Heroes and Tombs by Ernesto Sábato has been the object of numerous critical studies. However, this overwhelming corpus has ignored a fundamental element in the novel: Perón's and Peronism's compelling influence in the third chapter, "Report on the Blind". Without the Peronist experience according to Sábato, the novel would lack Fernando and his informative descent to the sewage system in Buenos Aires. The unknown and marginal situation of the Argentine workers' world before Perón parallels the unexplored condition of the blinds' world in the "Report of the Blind." Fernando's hellish descent to this ignored underworld allows him to get to know it and, by means of his "Report," to let it be known to the ignorant, sighted citizens. In similar fashion, the firstPeronist experience, a hellish one according to Sábato, forced the ignorant upper classes the imperative need to know the massive workers' world. On Heroes and Tombs includes the traditional dichotomy of civilization and barbarism. However, thanks to the "Report on the Blind," this conservative topic is transformed into the inclusive model of civilization plus barbarism. The analysis of Peronism in the "Report of the Blind" lessens the legitimacy of negative critical conclusions that undervalue the innovation and literary qualities of On Heroes and Tombs due to the apparent traditional or reactionary ideologyof its author. Moreover, this critical framework sheds light on the crucial debt the "Report" has to the Peronist phenomenon. |
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