Eugénio de Castro, o raro

Abstract

Eugénio de Castro [1869-1944] es hoy un autor menor en el panorama editorial y crítico portugués. Sin embargo, a lo largo de su vida adquirió un notable prestigio internacional, especialmente en las literaturas ibérica e iberoamericana. Nos proponemos investigar los orígenes de su recepción hispana. Así, observaremos que Castro se benefició de la atención de un autor tan central en la definición de la modernidad hispana como Rubén Darío, avalando los datos que dan cuenta de esta relación. Además, destacaremos que depende de una situación periférica común de la literatura iberoamericana y portuguesa en el contexto de la modernidad internacional. También destacaremos que el portugués fue instrumentalizado en el contexto de la descolonización cultural iberoamericana, así como de una afirmación latinista contra la amenaza del imperialismo norteamericano, con la concomitante crítica al utilitarismo capitalista que Darío descubrió en Castro. Finalmente, observaremos que el interés del nicaragüense por el portugués se materializó en una influencia propiamente literaria.

Eugénio de Castro [1869-1944] is nowadays a minor author in the Portuguese editorial and critic universe. However, during his lifetime he achieved a remarkable international prestige, particularly in the Iberian and Ibero-American literatures. I will inquire about the origins of his Hispanic reception. Thus, I will observe that Castro benefited from the attention of an author as central as Rubén Darío, recalling the elements that prove this relationship. I will further emphasize that this relationship depends on a common peripheral situation in Ibero-American and Portuguese literatures in the context of international modernity. I will also highlight that the Portuguese poet was instrumentalized in the context of Ibero-American cultural decolonization. Likewise, Castro was instrumentalized for a Latinism that was opposed to the threat of US imperialism, with the concomitant criticism of capitalist utilitarianism that Darío highlighted in his work. Finally, I will note that the Nicaraguan's interest in Portuguese materialized in a specifically literary influence.

Eugénio de Castro [1869-1944] is nowadays a minor author in the Portuguese editorial and critic universe. However, during his lifetime he achieved a remarkable international prestige, particularly in the Iberian and Ibero-American literatures. I will inquire about the origins of his Hispanic reception. Thus, I will observe that Castro benefited from the attention of an author as central as Rubén Darío, recalling the elements that prove this relationship. I will further emphasize that this relationship depends on a common peripheral situation in Ibero-American and Portuguese literatures in the context of international modernity. I will also highlight that the Portuguese poet was instrumentalized in the context of Ibero-American cultural decolonization. Likewise, Castro was instrumentalized for a Latinism that was opposed to the threat of US imperialism, with the concomitant criticism of capitalist utilitarianism that Darío highlighted in his work. Finally, I will note that the Nicaraguan's interest in Portuguese materialized in a specifically literary influence.