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<p>Resumen:</p><p>El propósito de este artÃculo es observar las enfermedades infantiles que aparecen en dos novelas de Galdós pertenecientes a distintas épocas, <i>La familia de León Roch</i> (1878) y <i>Lo prohibido</i> (1884-85), en relación con los personajes de Pepa Fúcar y Camila, respectivamente. El autor concede centralidad a dichas enfermedades para conectarlas con los cambios que se originan en la manera de ser poco convencional de las madres. Desde la perspectiva masculina, la relevancia del instinto materno se traduce en una de las cualidades que conforman el modelo de domesticidad, vigente en personajes tan distantes como el intelectual León Roch y el hedonista José MarÃa Bueno de Guzmán. Modelo en el que, sin embargo, tanto Pepa como Camila introducirán importantes variaciones. Las descripciones detalladas de las enfermedades de niños de corta edad, incluyendo la muerte en uno de los casos, trascienden el costumbrismo en dichas novelas, y ponen de manifiesto una mentalidad general en torno a la mujer muy arraigada en la sociedad de la época.</p><p>Abstract:</p><p>The goal of this paper is to examine the representations of childhood disease that appear in two of Galdós's novels from different periods, <i>La familia de León Roch</i> (1878) and <i>Lo prohibido</i> (1884-85). Through the characters Pepa Fúcar and Camila, respectively, the author positions childhood illnesses at the center of the novels, connecting disease with changes originating from their mothers' unconventional natures. Both novels also demonstrate maternal instinct as central to the mainstream domestic model of femininity, upheld by characters as different as the intellectual León Roch and the hedonist José MarÃa Bueno de Guzmán. Nevertheless, both Pepa and Camila introduce major variations to this model. The detailed descriptions of childhood illnessesâand in one case, the death of an infantâtranscend the "costumbrista" nature of the texts, revealing pervasive attitudes about women that were deeply rooted in the society of the time.</p>
Anales Galdosianos – Anales Galdosianos
Published: Dec 18, 2021
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