Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique

The Trienio constitucional, during which the absolutist king Ferdinand VII was forced to rule with a liberal government, was a crucial moment in Spanish history. It was in 1820 that, for the first time, the ideology that had emerged from Cadiz in 1812 was finally given the opportunity to be truly pu...

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Main Author: Maud Le Guellec
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Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches Ibériques et Ibéro-Américaines
Series:Cahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ccec/14611
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description The Trienio constitucional, during which the absolutist king Ferdinand VII was forced to rule with a liberal government, was a crucial moment in Spanish history. It was in 1820 that, for the first time, the ideology that had emerged from Cadiz in 1812 was finally given the opportunity to be truly put into practice. But once in charge, the Liberals had to establish themselves as a major player on the national political scene, and change mentalities in the face of absolutist schemes that were well entrenched in people’s minds. In this difficult task of establishing new political imaginaries, they used all possible channels: texts, images, ceremonies, symbols, etc. They also mobilized different legitimization strategies that alternate or combine depending on the time, the audience and the media. This article aims to explore one of the strategies used by the liberals of the Trienio - the staging of the genesis of liberalism - through one of the corpora appropriate to this putting into words and images of a myth of origins: dreamlike fictions. The reflection will be especially based on El Anteojo mágico, o La visión de los dos palacios en el bosque (D.J.A.R., Oviedo, 1820); El Dos de mayo. Fragmento (in El Espectador, 2 May 1821); Mi sueño, o visión de un hombre libre (B... M..., Seville, 1821); Mi viaje a la luna o sueños políticos y morales. Primera insurrección del pueblo de Airebi (in Diario constitucional de Palma, 11 and 12 May 1820) and Profecía de lo que se verá el día 9 de julio de 1820 (Madrid, 1820).
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spelling doaj.art-d52cc88e2d224eaaa8f5d8749fbe8e272024-02-15T12:51:17ZengCentre de Recherches Ibériques et Ibéro-AméricainesCahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine1957-77613010.4000/ccec.14611Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politiqueMaud Le GuellecThe Trienio constitucional, during which the absolutist king Ferdinand VII was forced to rule with a liberal government, was a crucial moment in Spanish history. It was in 1820 that, for the first time, the ideology that had emerged from Cadiz in 1812 was finally given the opportunity to be truly put into practice. But once in charge, the Liberals had to establish themselves as a major player on the national political scene, and change mentalities in the face of absolutist schemes that were well entrenched in people’s minds. In this difficult task of establishing new political imaginaries, they used all possible channels: texts, images, ceremonies, symbols, etc. They also mobilized different legitimization strategies that alternate or combine depending on the time, the audience and the media. This article aims to explore one of the strategies used by the liberals of the Trienio - the staging of the genesis of liberalism - through one of the corpora appropriate to this putting into words and images of a myth of origins: dreamlike fictions. The reflection will be especially based on El Anteojo mágico, o La visión de los dos palacios en el bosque (D.J.A.R., Oviedo, 1820); El Dos de mayo. Fragmento (in El Espectador, 2 May 1821); Mi sueño, o visión de un hombre libre (B... M..., Seville, 1821); Mi viaje a la luna o sueños políticos y morales. Primera insurrección del pueblo de Airebi (in Diario constitucional de Palma, 11 and 12 May 1820) and Profecía de lo que se verá el día 9 de julio de 1820 (Madrid, 1820).https://journals.openedition.org/ccec/14611LiberalismTrienioDreamlike fictionOrigin myth
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Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
Cahiers de Civilisation Espagnole Contemporaine
Liberalism
Trienio
Dreamlike fiction
Origin myth
title Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
title_full Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
title_fullStr Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
title_full_unstemmed Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
title_short Les libéraux du Trienio constitucional (1820-1823) en quête de leurs origines : des fictions oniriques au service d’une mythologie politique
title_sort les liberaux du trienio constitucional 1820 1823 en quete de leurs origines des fictions oniriques au service d une mythologie politique
topic Liberalism
Trienio
Dreamlike fiction
Origin myth
url https://journals.openedition.org/ccec/14611
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