La comunidad inconclusa. Don Guillermo de José Victorino Lastarria

Felipe González Alfonso

The unfinished community: Don Guillermo by José Victorino Lastarria

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Felipe González Alfonso Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4532-6461

Abstract

The novel Don Guillermo (1860) by José Victorino Lastarria (1817-1888) integrates the space-time of Valparaíso during the conservative decades from 1830 to 1860, emergent space of capital and, at the same time, revolutionary focus due to the geography of the city, its trade union tradition and the political unrest promoted by enlightened and radical groups. Considering this historical subtext and articulating the concepts of space, imaginaries, and community through the concept of chronotope, this research mainly investigates the representation of the port city environment in the literary text. From this point of view, Lastarria’s novel is proposed as an anti-utopia in the space of The cave of Chivato, and as a liberal utopia in the modernized space of Valparaíso, establishing a symbolic negotiation with the role of the British community.

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Don Guillermo, Valparaíso, space, imaginaries, community

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