Two German Voices in the discursive Construction of the Argentine Nation: Ada Elflein and Rudolf von Colditz

Ada Elflein and Rudolf von Colditz write in German about Argentina in the first quarter of the 20th century. With different explicit intentions, each one constructs his discourse on a nation that existed more on paper than in reality, since at that time the maps of the Argentine territory were still...

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Autor principal: Garnica, Claudia
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Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Centro de Literatura Comparada 2020
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Sumario:Ada Elflein and Rudolf von Colditz write in German about Argentina in the first quarter of the 20th century. With different explicit intentions, each one constructs his discourse on a nation that existed more on paper than in reality, since at that time the maps of the Argentine territory were still being made, an activity in which von Colditz had an active role. This article shows how, from their perspective, both elaborate in their texts a positive vision of the nation for the German reader.