Title: Troped out of History: Women, Gender and Nation in the Poetry of Andrés Bello
Abstract: The article examines the symbolic representation of gender in Andres Bello's two most celebrated 'silvas', 'Alocucion a la poesia' (1823) and 'La agricultura de la zona torrida' (1826). The aim is to explore the myths and tropes of sexual difference underpinning these founding texts and the resulting ideological and political implications. Bello's poems perpetuate a conservative gender ideology, legitimated by a neoclassical and republican appropriation of the rhetoric of classical antiquity. As a consequence, women are troped out of nation building in historical time.El articulo examina las representaciones simbolicas de genero en las dos celebradas silvas de Andres Bello, 'Alocucion a la poesia' (1823) y 'La agricultura de la zona torrida' (1826). El objetivo es explorar los mitos y tropos de la diferencia sexual que soportan estos textos fundadores y sus implicaciones politicas e ideologicas. Los poemas de Bello perpetuan una ideologia de genero conservadora, legitimada por la retorica neoclasica y rep...
Publication Year: 2007
Publication Date: 2007-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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