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<p>Abstract:</p><p>In 1898, Galdós inaugurated the Third Series of the <i>Episodios Nacionales</i> with the publication of <i>Zumalacárregui</i>. Published in the midst of the escalating conflict with the United States, Galdós's novel revisits the foundational crisis of the liberal nation state: the First Carlist War. Galdós embeds the reader in the Carlist army through the point of view of José Fago, a military chaplain who abandons ecclesiastical life to become a soldier in an attempt to imitate his hero, the famed General Zumalacárregui. The tension between Fago's vocation and his frustrated desire for military glory provokes a crisis of identity and masculinity, which reveals Fago's emotionality. Dierdra Reber has proposed that the dominant episteme of the modern age is based on feelings, rather than logic; the thinking head of the Cartesian episteme has been replaced by the body that "thinks" by feeling. This essay analyzes how Galdós critiques Carlism through Fago's affective understanding of the war and the Cause. Galdós portrays Fago as a subject suffering from the "effects" of Carlism, a system that causes "malestar," both emotionally and physically, for its followers.</p><p>Resumen:</p><p>En 1898, Galdós inauguró la Tercera Serie de los <i>Episodios Nacionales</i> con la publicación de <i>Zumalacárregui</i>. Publicada durante la intensificación del conflicto con los Estados Unidos, la novela vuelve a la crisis fundacional del estado nacional liberal: la Primera Guerra Carlista. Galdós enclava al lector en el ejército carlista desde la perspectiva de José Fago, un capellán militar que abandona la vida eclesiástica para hacerse soldado en un intento de imitar a su héroe, el insigne General Zumalacárregui. La tensión entre la vocación y el deseo por la gloria militar le provoca una crisis de identidad y masculinidad y revela la sensibilidad de Fago. Dierdra Reber ha propuesto que la episteme dominante de la época moderna se basa no en la lógica, sino en las emociones; la cabeza pensadora del sistema cartesiano ha sido reemplazado por un cuerpo que "piensa" con los sentimientos. El presente ensayo analiza cómo Galdós critica el carlismo a través del entendimiento afectivo de Fago sobre la guerra y la Causa. Galdós retrata a Fago como un sujeto que sufre de los "efectos" del carlismo, un sistema que produce malestar, tanto emocional como fÃsico, en sus seguidores.</p>
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Published: Jun 24, 2020
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