After the introduction of some positions in the critical debates of the canon and literary historiography, we present the political conception of literature in Manuel Rojas and the reading that his perspective opens about Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. Rojas’s reading contrasts with the image of Sarmiento constructed by conservative Chilean literary historiography, which questions his excesses, as opposed to Bello’s moderation. Rojas points out that Sarmiento was an author not so impetuous, capable of displaying an “immoderate moderation”, which allows him to polemicize freely. Sarmiento’s position was necessary to open the literary freedom in Chile, which Rojas wants to rescue for his century.
Keywords:
Manuel Rojas, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Andrés Bello literary historiography, Canon
Fielbaum S., A. (2021). A past for the future. Sarmiento in Manuel Rojas. Revista Chilena De Literatura, (103), pp. 335–352. Retrieved from https://revistachilenahumanidades.uchile.cl/index.php/RCL/article/view/63995
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