From space to threatening territory: the representation of the land of Chile in Desengaño and reparo de la guerra del reino de Chile (1614), by Alonso González de Nájera
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2019 |
| Descrizione: | Indian Chronicles usually idealize the space they describe as a form of reclamation, to show the benefits of the territory. Also, they can present Nature as wild and untamed so to explain the difficulties of Conquest. A good example of this is Desengaño y reparo de la guerra del reino de Chile (1614), by Alonso González de Nájera, a heterogeneous work that mixes the natural and moral treatise of the Austral territory and its people with the chronicle or narrative of events; treatise of captivity but at the same time means or memorial to win the Arauco war. Space plays a vital role here: on the one hand, the author uses it to flaunt the beauties of the distant territory of Chile; on the other shows how the rough and wild land provides the Indians with insurmountable advantages in war. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/34996 |
| Accesso online: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/34996 |
| Keyword: | Alonso González de Nájera Desengaño y reparo de la guerra del reino de Chile Chilean chronicles pleasant-rustic space arbitrismo Desengaño y reparo de la guerra del Reino de Chile crónicas chilenas espacio ameno-agreste |