{"title":"El monstruo en el espejo: Diversiones públicas e identidad individual en Avecilla (1882) de Clarín","authors":"Ramón Espejo-Saavedra","doi":"10.1353/hir.2022.0002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:El cuento Avecilla, publicado por Leopoldo Alas \"Clarín\" en 1882, se centra en el encuentro entre un humilde oficinista y una mujer monstruosa en una feria popular. Clarín utiliza este episodio para explorar la manera en que las formas de diversión pública reflejan la relación entre el individuo y las estructuras sociales, culturales y políticas que dan sentido a su experiencia. En particular, el autor sugiere que la distinción entre lo \"normal\" y lo \"anormal\" constituye la base de una gran variedad de discursos de la época mientras satiriza las ansiedades de clase social y género del protagonista, cuyo concepto de sí mismo depende del establecimiento de jerarquías sociales y culturales.Abstract:The novella Avecilla, published by Leopoldo Alas \"Clarín\" in 1882, has at its center the encounter between a lowly office worker and a monstrous woman on display at a public fair. Clarín uses this episode as the basis for an exploration of the way in which forms of public entertainment reflect the relationship between individuals and the social, cultural, and political structures that give their experience meaning. In particular, he suggests how notions of what is \"normal\" and \"abnormal\" underpin a wide variety of discourses of the time while satirizing the class and gender anxieties of the protagonist, whose sense of self-worth depends on the establishment of social and cultural hierarchies.","PeriodicalId":44625,"journal":{"name":"HISPANIC REVIEW","volume":"90 1","pages":"63 - 82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"HISPANIC REVIEW","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/hir.2022.0002","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE, ROMANCE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:El cuento Avecilla, publicado por Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" en 1882, se centra en el encuentro entre un humilde oficinista y una mujer monstruosa en una feria popular. Clarín utiliza este episodio para explorar la manera en que las formas de diversión pública reflejan la relación entre el individuo y las estructuras sociales, culturales y políticas que dan sentido a su experiencia. En particular, el autor sugiere que la distinción entre lo "normal" y lo "anormal" constituye la base de una gran variedad de discursos de la época mientras satiriza las ansiedades de clase social y género del protagonista, cuyo concepto de sí mismo depende del establecimiento de jerarquías sociales y culturales.Abstract:The novella Avecilla, published by Leopoldo Alas "Clarín" in 1882, has at its center the encounter between a lowly office worker and a monstrous woman on display at a public fair. Clarín uses this episode as the basis for an exploration of the way in which forms of public entertainment reflect the relationship between individuals and the social, cultural, and political structures that give their experience meaning. In particular, he suggests how notions of what is "normal" and "abnormal" underpin a wide variety of discourses of the time while satirizing the class and gender anxieties of the protagonist, whose sense of self-worth depends on the establishment of social and cultural hierarchies.
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A quarterly journal devoted to research in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian literatures and cultures, Hispanic Review has been edited since 1933 by the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. The journal features essays and book reviews on the diverse cultural manifestations of Iberia and Latin America, from the medieval period to the present.