Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina

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Between the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, the scientific culture of the period intersected with ideas coming from pseudosciences and spiritisms –then at the height of their popularity– to shape an imaginary. This imaginary was mainly expressed...

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Autores principales: Guevara, Martina, Vilariño, Andrea
Formato: Artículo revista
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024
Materias:
Argentinian detective fiction
turn of the twentieth century
science
pseudoscience
occultism
literatura policial argentina
entresiglos (XIX-XX)
ciencia
pseudociencia
ocultismo
Acceso en línea:http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/filologia/article/view/16022
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spelling I28-R253-article-160222024-12-12T21:50:17Z Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina Altos y bajos fondos porteños y “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Ciencia, pseudociencias y ocultismo en relatos tardíos del policial argentino temprano Guevara, Martina Vilariño, Andrea Argentinian detective fiction turn of the twentieth century science pseudoscience occultism literatura policial argentina entresiglos (XIX-XX) ciencia pseudociencia ocultismo Between the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, the scientific culture of the period intersected with ideas coming from pseudosciences and spiritisms –then at the height of their popularity– to shape an imaginary. This imaginary was mainly expressed through the so-called scientific fantasy (Gasparini, 2012; Quereilhac, 2016) and permeated some of the productions of the early detective fiction, especially Eduardo Holmberg´s stories, which were built on the hybridization between both genres. This paper examines a number of early twentieth-century stories that show both continuities with and departures from this tradition. Specifically, we will focus on some of the stories included in the saga Altos y bajos fondos porteños (1911-1912), by Pablo Daronel, and on “El crimen de la mosca azul”, by Enrique R. Lavalle. These fictions rework topics and motifs of scientific fantasy and, while expanding themes and promoting different narrative formulas for the genre, they distance themselves from their nineteenth-century predecessors by including parodic elements and breaches on plausibility. Entre las últimas décadas del siglo XIX y las primeras del XX, se consolida un imaginario en el que convergen la cultura científica del período y las ideas provenientes de las pseudociencias y los espiritismos, en auge en ese momento. Este imaginario se expresó especialmente a través de la denominada fantasía científica (Gasparini, 2012; Quereilhac, 2016) y permeó algunas de las producciones del policial temprano, en especial, los relatos de Eduardo Holmberg, construidos a partir de la hibridación entre ambos géneros. En este trabajo, nos proponemos analizar una serie de narraciones que establecen continuidades y rupturas con esta tradición al inicio del siglo XX. Nos referimos a algunos de los cuentos de la saga Altos y bajos fondos porteños (1911-1912), de Pablo Daronel, y “El crimen de la mosca azul”, de Enrique R. Lavalle. Dichas ficciones reelaboran tópicos y motivos de la fantasía científica y, a la vez que amplían temas y propician otras fórmulas narrativas para el género, se distancian de sus antecesores decimonónicos, mediante la inclusión de elementos paródicos y rupturas del verosímil. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires 2024-12-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/filologia/article/view/16022 10.34096/filologia.n56.16022 Filología; Vol. 2 Núm. 56 (2024) Filología; Vol 2 No 56 (2024) 2422-6009 0071-495X spa http://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/filologia/article/view/16022/13710 Derechos de autor 2024 Martina Guevara, Andrea Vilariño https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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topic Argentinian detective fiction
turn of the twentieth century
science
pseudoscience
occultism
literatura policial argentina
entresiglos (XIX-XX)
ciencia
pseudociencia
ocultismo
spellingShingle Argentinian detective fiction
turn of the twentieth century
science
pseudoscience
occultism
literatura policial argentina
entresiglos (XIX-XX)
ciencia
pseudociencia
ocultismo
Guevara, Martina
Vilariño, Andrea
Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
topic_facet Argentinian detective fiction
turn of the twentieth century
science
pseudoscience
occultism
literatura policial argentina
entresiglos (XIX-XX)
ciencia
pseudociencia
ocultismo
author Guevara, Martina
Vilariño, Andrea
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Vilariño, Andrea
author_sort Guevara, Martina
title Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
title_short Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
title_full Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
title_fullStr Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Altos y bajos fondos porteños and “El crimen de la mosca azul”. Science, Pseudoscience and Occultism in Late Stories of Early Detective Fiction in Argentina
title_sort altos y bajos fondos porteños and “el crimen de la mosca azul”. science, pseudoscience and occultism in late stories of early detective fiction in argentina
description Between the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, the scientific culture of the period intersected with ideas coming from pseudosciences and spiritisms –then at the height of their popularity– to shape an imaginary. This imaginary was mainly expressed through the so-called scientific fantasy (Gasparini, 2012; Quereilhac, 2016) and permeated some of the productions of the early detective fiction, especially Eduardo Holmberg´s stories, which were built on the hybridization between both genres. This paper examines a number of early twentieth-century stories that show both continuities with and departures from this tradition. Specifically, we will focus on some of the stories included in the saga Altos y bajos fondos porteños (1911-1912), by Pablo Daronel, and on “El crimen de la mosca azul”, by Enrique R. Lavalle. These fictions rework topics and motifs of scientific fantasy and, while expanding themes and promoting different narrative formulas for the genre, they distance themselves from their nineteenth-century predecessors by including parodic elements and breaches on plausibility.
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