Abstract

MARTINEZ ZUCCARDI, Soledad. Elvira Orphée and her literary beginnings: province and novel in Dos veranos (1956). Recial [online]. 2022, vol.13, n.22, pp.291-308.  Epub Dec 08, 2022. ISSN 2718-658X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.53971/2718.658x.v13.n22.39625.

Taking into account Elvira Orphée’s barely studied first book (Dos veranos, 1956), this article reflects on the author’s literary beginnings. It reveals two strong decisions made initially by Orphée, which will draw a continuity with her subsequent work: the choice of a genre (novel) and a space (the province). The article points out the pioneering character and the originality these choices exhibit in relation to two contexts: the incipient rise of narrative written by women in Argentina and the also incipient publication of a group of novels about Tucumán. The analysis focuses on the way the space is represented in Dos veranos: a precarious universe marked by tedium, deficiencies, anger, humiliation. It is proposed that, far from regionalism and idyllic visions, the novel unfolds a critical examination of the province and of those who inhabit it (complex and nuanced characters). The province is directly linked in the text to the lack of language: the protagonist and other characters cannot speak because they do not have the words, in a context of an unequal linguistic-territorial distribution in a country of centers and peripheries.

Keywords : Elvira Orphée; argentinian female writers; novel; province; literary beginnings.

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