Political file and religious discourse in El chileno consolado en los presidios (The Chilean conforted in prision)

Authors

  • Enid Valle Kalamazoo College (Estados Unidos)

Keywords:

Juan Egaña (1769-1836), El Chileno consolado en los presidios o Filosofía de la religión (1826) (The Chilean Conforted in Prison or Philosophy Q/ Religión), memoirs, political file, religious discourse

Abstract

Besides being a book of consolation, the memoirs ofJuan Egaña (1769-1836), published as El chileno consolado en los presidios o Philosophy de la religion (1826), constitute a detailed political file of Chile on the eve of its independence. Its religious discourse authorizes and legitimizes the political discourse: in the name of religion it is possible to make public denunciations, in printed form, of perpetrated injustices. By including official documents and developing a victim/witness/transcriber narrative voice, the political discourse prevails and ends up being the one which sustains and gives structure to the work. This article explores and analyzes the relationship between the political and religious discourse in Egaña's work.

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Published

2022-12-22

How to Cite

Valle, E. (2022). Political file and religious discourse in El chileno consolado en los presidios (The Chilean conforted in prision). Anales De Literatura Chilena, (6), 15–28. Retrieved from https://analesliteraturachilena.letras.uc.cl/index.php/alch/article/view/55371

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