The figure of a poet and the nature of poetry in Manuel González Prada's aphoristics: A first approach to "Memoranda"

Manuel González Prada (Lima, 1844-1918) is known for his essay production and poetry, as well as for his transcendence in Peruvian political thought. He also explored the narrative and the aphoristics. His book El tonel de Diógenes (The Barrel of Diogenes), published posthumously in 1945, is a clear...

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Autor: Mudarra Montoya, Américo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Perú
Recursos:Academia Peruana de la Lengua
Repositorio:Boletín de la Academia Peruana de la Lengua
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistas.apl.org.pe:article/175
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.apl.org.pe/index.php/boletinapl/article/view/175
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Palavra-chave:González Prada
El tonel de Diógenes
Memoranda
aphorisms
aforismos
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Resumo:Manuel González Prada (Lima, 1844-1918) is known for his essay production and poetry, as well as for his transcendence in Peruvian political thought. He also explored the narrative and the aphoristics. His book El tonel de Diógenes (The Barrel of Diogenes), published posthumously in 1945, is a clear proof of this. Precisely, a section of El tonel de Diógenes entitled «Memoranda» is made up of more than two hundred aphorisms. Some of his scholars have considered these notes or loose notes useful to unravel González Prada’s ideology. Given that in several of these short texts, the author shares his impressions of poetry, the poet and literary creation, the aim of this paper is to systematize these impressions in order to identify the underlying poetics in those texts, so that links can be established with the rest of his work.