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      De lo apolíneo a lo dionisiaco: La "inquerida bohemia" de Rubén Darío Translated title: From the Apollonian to the Dionysiac: The "inquerida bohemia" of Rubén Darío

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          La mayoría de los textos críticos sobre la obra de Rubén Darío, sin duda alentados por los versos del propio nicaragüense, tienden a enfocarse en la cara más patética de su discurso: su angustia existencial y su agónica búsqueda de armonía personal y universal. No obstante, existe una faceta menos explorada de su obra que muestra a un Darío que, de hecho, anhela, desde los trece años, convertirse en un bohemio más del Barrio Latino, en un poeta maldito y decadentista al estilo de los simbolistas a los que tanto admira. Este otro Darío, bohemio a su pensar, aparece en textos como el cuento "El pájaro azul", el prólogo a un libro de Alejandro Sawa, el primer "Nocturno" de Cantos de vida y esperanza y varios de sus textos autobiográficos y crónicas. Según se revela en estos escritos, la angustia existencial de Darío probablemente no fue tan excepcional como se suele presentar. El gran poeta nicaragüense fue seguramente uno más de los jóvenes y empobrecidos escritores y artistas que, mientras esperaban su justa (al menos, a su juicio) gloria, supieron disfrutar de la excéntrica vida bohemia del Barrio Latino de París, sin tener que lidiar con los obstáculos de la moral burguesa.

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          Most critical studies about Rubén Darío's opus, undoubtedly influenced by the Nicaraguan's own poems, tend to focus on texts full of pathos that elicit feelings of pity and sympathy. Consequently, they emphasize his existential angst as well as his quest for personal and universal harmony. However, there is also a less explored side of his oeuvre, which shows a Darío who, in fact, longs to become one more of the bohemian authors who roam around in Paris's famous Latin Quarter. From an early age, he dreams with becoming a decadent poéte maudit like the symbolists he has always admired. This other Darío, bohemian malgré lui, appears in texts such as the short story "El pájaro azul", the prologue to a book by Alejandro Sawa, the first "Nocturno" of Cantos de vida y esperanza as well as several of his autobiographical texts and chronicles. As we see in these writings, Darío's existential angst was not as unique as it is usually described. The great Nicaraguan poet was probably one more of the young and impoverished writers and artists who, while waiting for their deserved (at least in their mind) consecration, knew how enjoy the eccentric bohemian life of the Latin Quarter, without having to cope with the obstacles of bourgeois morals.

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                ccilha
                Cuadernos del CILHA
                Cuad. CILHA
                Centro Interdisciplinario de Literatura Hispanoamericana, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina )
                1852-9615
                June 2009
                : 10
                : 1
                : 84-99
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                : 19 August 2008
                : 15 June 2008
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                Excentrica vida bohemia,Cantos de vida y esperanza,Rubén Darío,Latin Quarter,Eccentric bohemian life,Barrio Latino

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