To sacrifice the hero in order to create nationalism? Clemencia by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Clemencia (1869) presents a tragic resolution with the death ofFernando Valle, the novel’s hero, depicted as patriotic, military, and moreno. The ending is problematic when considering the novel in terms of a narrativethat constructs the nation-state (Doris Sommer) because there is no explanationfor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amanda Petersen
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2015-03-01
Series:Literatura Mexicana
Online Access:https://revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/literatura-mexicana/index.php/lm/article/view/754