Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape
In this essay, I examine the inclusion of the civilization/barbarism binary in the literature of modernistas writers. To this end, I will briefly analyze the historic contexts after the independence of the colonies and the new neo-imperialist order that settled in the city and demanded social, econo...
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| description | In this essay, I examine the inclusion of the civilization/barbarism binary in the literature of modernistas writers. To this end, I will briefly analyze the historic contexts after the independence of the colonies and the new neo-imperialist order that settled in the city and demanded social, economic and urban changes that affected the entire social strata. At the same time, I will explain how the formation of a new citizen was undertaken, as it had to follow certain behavioral guidelines to isolate itself from barbarism and savagery of places far away from the metropolis. With it I will justify the importance of the so-called ciudad letrada (city of letters) in the formation of new modern nations and describe the birth of the modernist writer, self-defined by its individuality and the contradictions involved in its writing. I will explain my arguments with the texts that, born in the process of modernity, claim the tradition of denying the capitalist utilitarian society into which they are inserted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a8b60d4a95d04744a577eec29b5100a02022-12-21T18:33:41ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghCatedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana2169-08472017-07-0158476510.5195/ct/2017.13484Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban LandscapeAngela Martin Pérez0University of Southern Indiana, Evansville. University of Connecticut, Storrs.In this essay, I examine the inclusion of the civilization/barbarism binary in the literature of modernistas writers. To this end, I will briefly analyze the historic contexts after the independence of the colonies and the new neo-imperialist order that settled in the city and demanded social, economic and urban changes that affected the entire social strata. At the same time, I will explain how the formation of a new citizen was undertaken, as it had to follow certain behavioral guidelines to isolate itself from barbarism and savagery of places far away from the metropolis. With it I will justify the importance of the so-called ciudad letrada (city of letters) in the formation of new modern nations and describe the birth of the modernist writer, self-defined by its individuality and the contradictions involved in its writing. I will explain my arguments with the texts that, born in the process of modernity, claim the tradition of denying the capitalist utilitarian society into which they are inserted.http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/134ciudad letrada, civilization/ barbarism, Urban Spaces, Latin America. |
| spellingShingle | Angela Martin Pérez Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape Catedral Tomada: Revista de Crítica Literaria Latinoamericana ciudad letrada, civilization/ barbarism, Urban Spaces, Latin America. |
| title | Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape |
| title_full | Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape |
| title_fullStr | Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape |
| title_short | Civilized Urbanity. Modernismo and the Urban Landscape |
| title_sort | civilized urbanity modernismo and the urban landscape |
| topic | ciudad letrada, civilization/ barbarism, Urban Spaces, Latin America. |
| url | http://catedraltomada.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/catedraltomada/article/view/134 |
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