Resumen

MASSMANN, Stefanie. Colonial knowledge and writing in Alonso de Ovalle´s work. Lit. lingüíst. [online]. 2019, n.39, pp.159-171. ISSN 0716-5811.  http://dx.doi.org/10.29344/0717621x.39.2009.

This essay aims to contribute to the discussions about knowledge and power in the New World through the study of one of the most famous works in colonial chilean historiography: Alonso de Ovalle´s Histórica relación del Reino de Chile (1646). I argue that knowledge about Chile is produced within two principles: the text´s locus of enunciation and the use of sources of information or of authority. This issue leads into questioning the author´s problematic status as he speaks about his homeland from Europe and for Europeans, presenting his familiar background as if unknown.

Palabras clave : Alonso de Ovalle; Jesuits; Chilean XVII Century; Power and Knowledge.

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