Abstract

SANJINES C., Javier. Sociological explanation or literary imagination? Towards a theory on aesthetical figuration. Rev Cien Cult [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.37, pp.61-76. ISSN 2077-3323.

Starting with the theoretical category of 'aesthetic figuration', the author rethinks "costumbrismo", the literary interpretation of local customs, searching for the elements that would characterize La Chaskañawi, Carlos Medinaceli's well-known novel, beyond its traditional historical and sociological characterization as a realistic piece of art. To the contrary, and thinking against the grain, this essay affirms that the novel is not as "objective" as it seems, and that behind its rather straightforward plot European savages haunt the apparently progressive content of the novel, thus problematizing the rise of the Bolivian novel of mores.

Keywords : La Chaskañawi; Carlos Medinaceli; aesthetic figuration; novel of mores.

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