ELISPSIS E “IMAGINACIÓN TRAVIESA” EN AUTOBIOGRAFÍA DE UN ESCLAVO (1840) DE JUAN FRANCISCO DE MANZANO
ELLIPSIS AND 'MISCHIEVOUS IMAGINATION' IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SLAVE (1840) BY JUAN FRANCISCO MANZANO

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on The Autobiography of a Slave (1840) (Autobiografía de un esclavo) by Juan Francisco de Manzano in order to analyse the interplay between the elements that address “the collective” and those that refer to “the individual”. The Autobiography came out as a result of Domingo del Monte’s demand of a book which could support the abolitionist cause, and it has undergone an impressive series of changes in the hands of the editors eager to provide a text that would be relevant at a collective level. However, this paper argues, along with Sylvia Molloy’s interpretation, it is the reference to the individual, and not to the collective, which endows the text with narratological force and makes it speak to the contemporary reader.

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