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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| Rochtain ar líne: | https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/3850 |
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Cuir clib leis | Achoimre: | 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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