Erotismo y significación en la narrativa de Felisberto Hernández

Gustavo Lespada

doi:10.25100/poligramas.v0i59.13963

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Eroticism and significance in the narrative of Felisberto Hernández

https://doi.org/10.25100/poligramas.v0i59.13963

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Published: Nov 19, 2024

Issue: No. 59 (2024): Poligramas - Issue 59 - July/December 2024

Section Dossier 59: Literature, Gender and Sexual Diversity

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Gustavo Lespada Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

The atypical narrative of Felisberto Hernández (1902-1964), marked by divergence and ambiguity, also establishes a unique relationship with desire, in many ways opposed to the common ingredients of the erotic story. Caricature-like and even ominous features can arouse a sensual and transgressive appetite– an obsession that reaches objects –in the main narrator of his short stories, always under the cloak of amphibology and curiosity. It is our intention to highlight this aspect of his writing by means of a detailed survey of the figurations of desire throughout his entire work to, and then to focus on a short story that exceeds and culminates his particular siege on eroticism: “Ursula”.

Keywords

writing

desire

eroticism

procedure

Felisberto Hernández

Author Biography

Gustavo Lespada, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gustavo Lespada is a Doctor of Letters (UBA), writer, university professor, and researcher in Latin American Literature at the University of Buenos Aires. In addition to integrating collective editions and publications in academic journals, he is the author of Legados (Alción: 2024); Deficiency and Literature. The narrative procedure of Felisberto Hernández (Corregidor: 2014); Tribute of the shadow (Paradiso: 2013), The words and the ineffable (Spanish Academic Ed.: 2012); Shipwreck (Libros de Tierra Firme: 2005); That promiscuous writing. Studies on Latin American literature (Alción: 2002) and Hilo de Ariadna (Último Reino: 1999); in addition to editing and prologue Writing of desire / desire for writing (Katatay, 2020); The literary factor. Reality and history in Latin American literature (ILH: 2018); a poetic anthology by César Vallejo (Corregidor: 2013) and another by Felisberto Hernández (Corregidor: 2010). He has given conferences and courses at national and international institutions. Among other distinctions, he was awarded by the National Academy of Letters of Uruguay (1997); First Juan Rulfo International Prize 2003 (literary essay) – Archives Collection (France-UNESCO); Unique award (literary essay) from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay (2016). He is a member of the Editorial Committee of the magazine Zama (ilh-uba) and the Editorial Council of the Magazine of the National Library of Uruguay.

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Lespada, Gustavo. “Erotismo, memoria, escritura: El caballo perdido de Felisberto Hernández.” En Felisberto: Edición homenaje de la Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay, no. 10, 2015, pp. 193-215. Montevideo.

How to Cite

Lespada, G. (2024). Eroticism and significance in the narrative of Felisberto Hernández. Poligramas, (59), e20713963. https://doi.org/10.25100/poligramas.v0i59.13963