LA CIUDAD COMO TERCERESPACIO EN LA LITERATURA ESTRIDENTISTA

Abstract

This dissertation analyzes the main works of Stridentist authors from 1921 to 1939 regarding their relation to Mexico City and Xalapa, Veracruz. It raises the question of what kind of relationship this was and what textual and political mechanisms were required to bring it about. One of the conclusions is that the city was not just a Stridentist topic, but rather a referent that provided the avant-garde artists with new literary material. Furthermore, this dissertation posits that Stridentism did not fail in their aesthetic and political intentions, as previous scholars have argued; on the contrary, by creating a thirdspace that melds places with discourse, social relations, and history, they produced new ways of understanding Mexican arts and cities. Their work as bureaucrats in Xalapa and their participation in cultural politics allowed them to work for the people and propagate their aesthetics and works in Mexico and beyond. Hence, Stridentism created a novel understanding of the city, the arts, and the subject. In spite of its brief existence, Stridentism challenged and changed both cities and traditional discourse about them in Mexico.