Geografías imaginarias: los múltiples espacios de la ciudad en la narrativa de Walter Montenegro
Abstract
En 1947, Walter Montenegro (1912-1991) publica su segunda colección de cuentos: Los últimos. Montenegro es un autor que narra la ciudad, y lo hace visibilizando dinámicas de desconexión en presencias sin unidad que denomina "últimos". El carácter de esta construcción es profundamente vanguardista y hace de Los últimos una obra irrepetible: la escritura compone la imagen de la ciudad como una gran geografía de relaciones, lugares y presencias simultáneas que se articulan en la lógica espacial que propone la narración. Así, en los tres cuentos que analizo, este artículo desarrolla los múltiples espacios textuales al interior de la ciudad que describe Walter Montenegro.
In 1947, Walter Montenegro (1912-1991) published his second collection of short stories: Los últimos. Montenegro is interested in the textual construction of the city, and he describes the process of social disconnections happening in groups without common purpose that he calls "últimos" (the last ones). The modality of this construction is genuinely avant-garde and makes Los últimos an unrepeatable work: the short stories construct the image of the city as a geography of relations, places and simultaneous presences that are articulated in the spatial logic proposed by Montenegro´s narrative. Thus, in the three stories I analyze, this article develops the multiple textual spaces within the city described by Walter Montenegro.
In 1947, Walter Montenegro (1912-1991) published his second collection of short stories: Los últimos. Montenegro is interested in the textual construction of the city, and he describes the process of social disconnections happening in groups without common purpose that he calls "últimos" (the last ones). The modality of this construction is genuinely avant-garde and makes Los últimos an unrepeatable work: the short stories construct the image of the city as a geography of relations, places and simultaneous presences that are articulated in the spatial logic proposed by Montenegro´s narrative. Thus, in the three stories I analyze, this article develops the multiple textual spaces within the city described by Walter Montenegro.
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Vol. 23, No. 43