Foundational Slaughter/Foundational Text: History, Memory and a Cross on Water
The General Strike that took place in Guayaquil in 1922 has been one of the most important historical events in the history of Ecuador. Literature, and its ability to configure historical and cultural imaginaries, was not immune to this catastrophe. In 1946 the writer Joaquín Gallegos Lara captured...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | Ecuador |
| Institución: | Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar |
| Repositorio: | Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/3850 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/3850 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Ecuador huelga historia memoria Joaquín Gallegos Lara literatura novela Strike History Memory Literature Novel |
| Sumario: | The General Strike that took place in Guayaquil in 1922 has been one of the most important historical events in the history of Ecuador. Literature, and its ability to configure historical and cultural imaginaries, was not immune to this catastrophe. In 1946 the writer Joaquín Gallegos Lara captured in Las cruces sobre el agua a subjective perspective of events. Based on this novel, this article analyzes the dialogues between history and literature and the way in which the fictional text stands as the living memory of those who died in the massacre. On the other hand, the foundational condition of this massacre and its crystallization through the novel by Gallegos Lara are proposed. |
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