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Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura, 2016
Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerou... more Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerous, it is not until the late nineteenth or early twentieth century that artists and writers from the islands feel compelled to point out, from their particular perspective, the values and characteristics of an insular collective consciousness. The urgent search for a cultural definition in the previous century resulted in an intellectual commotion in the twentieth and a reading of the islands' self-tradition in constant resistance with the European. This article provides a brief survey of the Aboriginal cultural permanence in the works of Canario writers as well as the imposed Spanish identity as an attempt to establish a homogeneous sense of nation. The article also discusses how intellectuals from the Canary Islands have referred to the marine topic to discuss the political and economic relations between the islands and the peninsula, emphasizing aspects that frequently emerge in th...
Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerou... more Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very
numerous, it is not until the late nineteenth or early twentieth century that artists and writers from the islands feel compelled to point out, from their particular perspective, the values and characteristics of an insular collective consciousness. The urgent search for a cultural definition in the previous century resulted in an intellectual commotion in the twentieth and a reading of the islands’ self-tradition in constant resistance with the European. This article provides a brief survey of the Aboriginal cultural permanence in the works of Canario writers as well as the im- posed Spanish identity as an attempt to establish a homogeneous sense of nation. The article also discusses how intellectuals from the Canary Islands have referred to the marine topic to discuss the political and economic relations between the islands and the peninsula, emphasizing aspects that frequently emerge in the works of Canario writers and that relate to the dual characteristic of the sea represented simultaneously as an escape and a limit.
Many Spanish auteurs make use of the body in their works to criticize and expose the problems of ... more Many Spanish auteurs make use of the body in their works to criticize and expose the problems of a society in the process of economic, cultural and identity deterioration. This paper analyzes how by employing specific universal fears, Abre los Ojos by Alejandro Amenábar, serves as the basis for the staging of an incomplete and confusing “reality” that leads the viewers to question their existence and begin a personal search within their surroundings.
Confluencia: Revista Hispánica de Cultura y Literatura, 2016
Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerou... more Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerous, it is not until the late nineteenth or early twentieth century that artists and writers from the islands feel compelled to point out, from their particular perspective, the values and characteristics of an insular collective consciousness. The urgent search for a cultural definition in the previous century resulted in an intellectual commotion in the twentieth and a reading of the islands' self-tradition in constant resistance with the European. This article provides a brief survey of the Aboriginal cultural permanence in the works of Canario writers as well as the imposed Spanish identity as an attempt to establish a homogeneous sense of nation. The article also discusses how intellectuals from the Canary Islands have referred to the marine topic to discuss the political and economic relations between the islands and the peninsula, emphasizing aspects that frequently emerge in th...
Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very numerou... more Although in the past the attempts to identify the identity of the Canarios have been very
numerous, it is not until the late nineteenth or early twentieth century that artists and writers from the islands feel compelled to point out, from their particular perspective, the values and characteristics of an insular collective consciousness. The urgent search for a cultural definition in the previous century resulted in an intellectual commotion in the twentieth and a reading of the islands’ self-tradition in constant resistance with the European. This article provides a brief survey of the Aboriginal cultural permanence in the works of Canario writers as well as the im- posed Spanish identity as an attempt to establish a homogeneous sense of nation. The article also discusses how intellectuals from the Canary Islands have referred to the marine topic to discuss the political and economic relations between the islands and the peninsula, emphasizing aspects that frequently emerge in the works of Canario writers and that relate to the dual characteristic of the sea represented simultaneously as an escape and a limit.
Many Spanish auteurs make use of the body in their works to criticize and expose the problems of ... more Many Spanish auteurs make use of the body in their works to criticize and expose the problems of a society in the process of economic, cultural and identity deterioration. This paper analyzes how by employing specific universal fears, Abre los Ojos by Alejandro Amenábar, serves as the basis for the staging of an incomplete and confusing “reality” that leads the viewers to question their existence and begin a personal search within their surroundings.