Popular noise: Alfonso Reyes’s poetic drifts of linguistic variation
Keywords:
Alfonso Reyes, dialect, linguistic variation, modern poetry, popular language.
Abstract
Linguistic variation was a growing problem in Buenos Aires between 1920 and 1940; it was in line with demographic and technical changes produced in that period, and the accompanying discussion on the literary status of linguistic “popular” practices. Thus, a shift from a Romantic and Folk assessment of varieties that were heard in the city was produced towards the interest of a new era about phonetic disruptions caused by technical advances in sound and image processing. This paper will analyze these shifts in some trials of Alfonso Reyes written during his stay in Argentina, where the Mexican writer conceptualized dialect noise as an epitome of modern poetry.Downloads
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Published
2013-12-09
How to Cite
Salto G. (2013). Popular noise: Alfonso Reyes’s poetic drifts of linguistic variation. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 42, 71-90. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ALHI.2013.v42.43655
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