“La caza del autor”: autoría e imagen en las ficciones autorales de Emma de la Barra/César Duayén
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2021-08-27
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Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Centro de Estudios de Teoría y Crítica Literaria
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En este artículo se analizan los vínculos entre autoría e imagen en las
ficciones autorales que surgen de las notas y reseñas periodísticas que acompañaron
la publicación de la primera novela de la escritora rosarina Emma de la Barra, Stella
(1905), entre 1905 y 1908. Publicada bajo el seudónimo César Duayén, que la escritora
mantendría a lo largo de toda su trayectoria, la novela se convirtió en el primer bestseller de nuestra literatura nacional. Muchos de esos artículos, publicados en medios
como La Nación, Caras y Caretas, P.B.T y El Diario, incluyeron fotografías y
caricaturas de De la Barra, las cuales moldearon, en gran medida, su perfil autoral.
Se postula que la autora tuvo un rol activo en la construcción de esas
representaciones, a través de las estrategias publicitarias que desarrolló en torno a
la publicación de Stella y el misterio de su pseudónimo.
This article aims to analyze the connections between authorship and image in the Press articles and reviews that followed Emma de la Barra's first novel's publication, Stella (1905), between 1905 and 1908. Previously a well-known Buenos Aires high society member, De la Barra, who used the male pseudonym Cesar Duayén to publish throughout her career, soon became a celebrated author after her novel turned into a tremendous selling success, the first in Argentinean literature history. Published mainly in Caras y Caretas, La Nación, P.B.T, and El Diario, most of those articles included several photos and caricatures of her. Considering that, this article means to outline De la Barra's authorial fictions developed by the image of herself that the early-twentieth-century Press projected through her pictures and cartoons. It is argued that the writer played an active part in those representations, particularly by examining the publicity strategies she developed to promote Stella.
This article aims to analyze the connections between authorship and image in the Press articles and reviews that followed Emma de la Barra's first novel's publication, Stella (1905), between 1905 and 1908. Previously a well-known Buenos Aires high society member, De la Barra, who used the male pseudonym Cesar Duayén to publish throughout her career, soon became a celebrated author after her novel turned into a tremendous selling success, the first in Argentinean literature history. Published mainly in Caras y Caretas, La Nación, P.B.T, and El Diario, most of those articles included several photos and caricatures of her. Considering that, this article means to outline De la Barra's authorial fictions developed by the image of herself that the early-twentieth-century Press projected through her pictures and cartoons. It is argued that the writer played an active part in those representations, particularly by examining the publicity strategies she developed to promote Stella.
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Emma de la Barra, Fotografía, Caricatura, Autoría, Seudónimo