El Payador de Leopoldo Lugones: una solución excluyente al problema de la identidad nacional en el marco del Primer Centenario
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2008-09-01
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Sección Historia. Instituto Superior de Profesorado Nº 3. Villa Constitución, Argentina.
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Dentro del contexto del aluvión inmigratorio de comienzos del siglo veinte puede considerarse a la consagración del Martín Fierro como poema épico vernáculo y epítome de la nacionalidad, llevada a cabo por Leopoldo Lugones en las conferencias que dictó en 1913 en el Teatro Odeón (más adelante publicadas bajo el título de El Payador), como un intento de configuración excluyente de la identidad nacional dado que se revaloriza lo criollo de viejo cuño como esencia de lo nacional, a la vez que se presenta como su antítesis a lo inmigratorio advenedizo, la alteridad. Al mismo tiempo, la estrategia de lectura de Lugones establece una alianza simbólica con la oligarquía dominante en este período, al proclamarla como la única clase social idónea para dirigir el Estado y garantizar el progreso del país.
Within the context of the massive immigration movement that took place in the beginning of the twentieth century, the establishment of the Martín Fierro as a vernacular epic poem and an epitome of nationality carried out by Leopoldo Lugones in the series of lectures he gave in 1913 at the Odeón Theater (later on published under the title El Payador), can be seen as an attempt to delineate the national identity in an excluding manner, since the deep-rooted identity of the criollo 26 is vindicated as the essence of nationality and the identity of the newly arrived immigrants is presented as its antithesis, the alterity. At the same time, Lugones’s reading strategy of the Martín Fierro establishes a symbolic alliance with the oligarchy, the dominant group in this period, by proclaiming it as the only competent social class for ruling the country and guarantee its progress.
Within the context of the massive immigration movement that took place in the beginning of the twentieth century, the establishment of the Martín Fierro as a vernacular epic poem and an epitome of nationality carried out by Leopoldo Lugones in the series of lectures he gave in 1913 at the Odeón Theater (later on published under the title El Payador), can be seen as an attempt to delineate the national identity in an excluding manner, since the deep-rooted identity of the criollo 26 is vindicated as the essence of nationality and the identity of the newly arrived immigrants is presented as its antithesis, the alterity. At the same time, Lugones’s reading strategy of the Martín Fierro establishes a symbolic alliance with the oligarchy, the dominant group in this period, by proclaiming it as the only competent social class for ruling the country and guarantee its progress.
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El Payador, Martín Fierro, Identidad nacional, Inmigración, Centenario, National identity, Centenary