The complex question that surrounds both memory and traumatic memory in Rosario Castellanos' poem "Memorial de Tlatelolco" is analyzed through the following essay, as well as a new definition of the actual "answer" to the central question: "How can we preserve the memory of something that didn't leave material traces behind?" Moving from a first-person cogito to the third person of the verb "duele", the author marks not only a shift from the intellectual and singular level of the action accomplished by the cogito, but also a displacement of the subject to a third person that refuses any universalization and reaffirms the will to be shared in its almost impersonal functions. Therefore, Rosario Castellanos demonstrates the existence of truth and argues for the necessity of recognizing both the material and spatial dimensions of memory.
Duele, luego es verdad: lo sensible subversivo y la subversión de lo sensible en Memorial de Tlatelolco de Rosario Castellanos.
Stabile Valeria
2021-01-01
Abstract
The complex question that surrounds both memory and traumatic memory in Rosario Castellanos' poem "Memorial de Tlatelolco" is analyzed through the following essay, as well as a new definition of the actual "answer" to the central question: "How can we preserve the memory of something that didn't leave material traces behind?" Moving from a first-person cogito to the third person of the verb "duele", the author marks not only a shift from the intellectual and singular level of the action accomplished by the cogito, but also a displacement of the subject to a third person that refuses any universalization and reaffirms the will to be shared in its almost impersonal functions. Therefore, Rosario Castellanos demonstrates the existence of truth and argues for the necessity of recognizing both the material and spatial dimensions of memory.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
