SPAN 44 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Jorge Luis Borges, Cryptantha, Machismo
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Rapid and fast growth of the the city. Concentration of land in a few hands made the become day laborers. Or they decided to move to the city and became assimilated into the city life. Argentina end of 19th century beginning of the 20th century. Gaucho; the worst of the worst sarmiento. For the intellectuals the gauchos were preventing civilization. Then they said the gauchos were free, related to nature, knew their geographic location. Ballad, popular poetry that he old gaucho used to recite signing with a guitar. A whole new genre of texts named gauchesque poetry. Ending in esque it is opposed to what is the actual poetry of the gaucho. Imitation written by intellectuals try to endure what the gauchos used to do in the canteens and public spaces. Interested in the payadas (popular expression, not self conscious, talks about love hate, vengeances, big topics) Vs th local color, old costumes of the gauchos.
