150 years after the first edition of El Gaucho Martín Fierro

Abstract

It’s turning 150 years the publishing of El Gaucho Martín Fierro, the country’s first literary success. It was initially memorised by the countrymen, was interpreted by actors in popular circuses and theatres and was recited by the payadores in versions that continued with a biographical course of Fierro’s children. From the conferences in the Odeón and onwards the elite adopted him as a symbol of Argentina, he was inserted into academic programs and his history was analysed, rewritten and appropriated by known intellectuals. In this beginning of the XXI century it continues on the literary re-elaborations and critical resignifications. Also the re editions, taking into account the recent project of the Obras Completas, produced in the UNLP and published by EDUVIM. With this context, we ask: 150 years after the first edition of the poem, which are for you the values that explain the prevailing status of the Martín Fierro?