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Abstract

In this article, the author will analyze the position-making of Soledad Acosta de Samper (Bogota, 1833-1913) and Luis Segundo de Silvestre (Bogota, 1838-1887) in their respective novels: Dolores (cuadros en la vida de una mujer) (1867) and Transito (1886). Both novels criticize the Colombian modernization project in the second half of the 19th century. According to this, I will try to prove that whereas the criticism from Acosta allows to understand the birth of a subject (feminine, in this case) and her intimacy, the criticism from Silvestre presents characters subjected to external conditions (race, gender). Despite this difference, both novels justify a nation project based on the superiority of the creoles' thought (white race, lettered, noble origin) over the "uncivilized people" (Silvestre) or over the civilized ones in a wrong way (Acosta). Thus, the mixed race as a nationalist utopia from the first half of the 19th century belongs to the past.

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Title
SOLEDAD ACOSTA DE SAMPER Y LUIS SEGUNDO DE SILVESTRE: RETÓRICA DE LA "LIMPIEZA DE SANGRE" Y PROCESOS DE SUBJETIVACIÓN EN EL CAMPO DE LA NOVELA COLOMBIANA DE LA SEGUNDA MITAD DEL SIGLO XIX*
Author
Colorado, Paula Andrea Marín
Pages
255-276
Publication year
2012
Publication date
Jan-Jun 2012
Publisher
Universidad de Antioquía
ISSN
01205587
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
1241036611
Copyright
Copyright Universidad de Antioquia Jan-Jun 2012