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Colonial Modernity in the Eighteenth-Century

Kevin Sedeo-Guilln
University of Kentucky
Department of Hispanic Studies
Friday, June 28, 2013. 3:00 p.m.

Elena Daz-Versn Amos Conference Room
Roberto C. Goizueta Pavilion
Otto G. Richter Library
University of Miami
Juan Jos Eguiara y
Eguren
(1696-1763)
New Spain
Jos Agustn Caballero
(1762-1835)
Havana
Eugenio Santa Cruz y
Espejo
(1747-1795)
Quito
Manuel del Socorro
Rodrguez
(1758-1819)
In between Cuba and
Santaf de Bogot
Map of America, by Jonghe ca. 1770. In Atlas of South America. Wikipedia. Jun. 15
th
. 2013.
CRI OLLO AND MES T I Z O
CRI T I CI S M ARCHI VES
KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS I N EI GHTEENTH-
CENTURY S PANI S H AMERI CA
Why literary criticism and history of literature were developed on
newspapers, and not in printed books or the university?
CRI OLLO LI TERARY CRI TI CI S M
I propose, as a hypothesis, the notion of criollo
literary criticism as an epistemic artifact
developed by Spanish American elites, of
predominantly Peninsular origin, during the last
decades of the Eighteenth-Century, that would
think the social and cultural difference of the
Americas through, well beyond the very
feasibility of political independence.
Cr i t i c a l c o r p u s b y j o s a g u s t n Ca b a l l e r o
Observaciones sobre la imitacin del estilo.
(PPH No. 47, June 12, 1791).
Reflexiones sobre la mana de versar.
(PPH No. 102, December 22, 1791).
Crtica del Teatro de Urrutia.
(PPH 1796?).
[Carta de un amigo sobre las tareas literarias].
(PPH No. 4, January 12, 1794).
DEVELOPMENT OF THE RES EARCH PLAN
Search and recovery of titles included in the "List
of CHC materials to consult", in the following
order: 1) Published works of Jos Agustn
Caballero; 2) Critical corpus of Jos Agustn
Caballeros work; 3) Manuscripts produced in Cuba
during the Eighteenth Century; 4) Theoretical,
historical and critical works on the colonial period
in Latin America.

Item. Quantity
List of CHC materials to consult 17 vols.
Documents already consulted 48 vols.
Pictures taken 1985
FUTURE RES EARCH GOALS ( I )
Reading of copies of Papel Peridico de la Havana that are accessible at the following libraries:
Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia, in Bogota.
Biblioteca Nacional Jos Mart, in Havana;
Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University;
Columbia University Library;
Coronado Collection, Universidad Central de Las Villas (Cuba), and
Instituto de Literatura y Lingstica (Havana, Cuba); among others.
FUTURE RES EARCH GOALS ( I I )
Study several manuscripts produced in Cuba in the Eighteenth- Century:
FUTURE RES EARCH GOALS ( I I I )
Deeper Review of Roberto Agramonte Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection,
University of Miami Libraries. Coral Gables, Florida. Print.
FUTURE RES EARCH GOALS ( I V)
Expand my research to other Nineteenth-
Century, and Cuban Republican-period
sources:
El Lince (La Habana).
Memorias de la Sociedad Patritica (La Habana).
Revista Bimestre Cubana (La Habana).
Revista de Cuba (La Habana).
Revista Cubana (La Habana).
Revista de Literatura Cubana (Matanzas).
FUTURE RES EARCH GOALS ( V)
Locate the following archives and manuscripts:
Caballero Archive. Jos Augusto Escoto Papers.
Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba.
Caballero Archive. Francisco Gonzlez del Valle
Papers.
Caballero manuscripts. Biblioteca Nacional de
Cuba.
Francisco de Paula Coronado Papers.