DEFINICIONES DE LA MODERNIDAD HISPÁNICA EN EL CONTEXTO TRANSATLÁNTICO MODERNO: NARRATIVAS DE DESIGUALDAD EN VARIAS OBRAS DE LITERATURA PENINSULAR Y LATINOAMERICANA DE LOS SIGLOS XIX Y XX.
This work presents an
overview of some of the representations of modernity in the transatlantic
context of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Different scenarios are
studied through which it is possible to see how otherness, understood as
subalternity and disapproval of difference becomes an element of social
categorization. The first part focuses on colonial manifestations in Spanish
literature, specifically the Moroccan wars, colonialism and imperial nostalgia,
and the various representations of otherness. The second part refers to
historical memory and identity as a result of modernity and the stratification
of the public sphere, emphasizing the ambivalence of social relations during
times of conflict and the construction of historical memory, as a resource
against oblivion and impunity. The final part talks about female voices in the
processes of displacement, immigration and in other situations where human
beings are seen as second-class citizens. Through this work, the importance of
writing as a tool for recovering the memory and perspectives of those who are
excluded from official history is reinforced. The work shows how the idea of
modernity associated with progress has been systematically used to create
strategies of oppression through which social categorization is promoted and
therefore access to the public sphere is limited. Literature is presented as a
valuable instrument for the inclusion of diversity in the narrative of
historical memory and for denouncing impunity.