Abstract

SUAREZ TURRIZA, Tatiana. Santiago Sierra’s versions of Flor de fuego y Flor del dolor: from Occultism to Kardecian Spiritualism. Lit. mex [online]. 2022, vol.33, n.2, pp.37-70.  Epub Aug 08, 2022. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex.2022.33.2.7731x02.

This article analyzes, from the perspective of textual criticism, two stories by Santiago Sierra (1850-1880): Flor de fuego and Flor del dolor, which are part of the series that he published under the title “Flores”. It is intended to contribute to the construction of the genetic history of these texts, through the exposition and interpretation of the significant author variants that exist between the first version, which appeared in the Veracruz newspaper Violetas, in 1869, and the second and last version published in the pages of El Domingo, between 1871 and 1872. The comparison of the two versions of these "Flowers" reveals interesting variants that allow us to appreciate the transition in his aesthetic proposal from the assimilation of the doctrine of Allan Kardec. The study shows the process of transformation from the occultism to the spiritism, as the foundation of the fantastic or the supernatural in the stories.

Keywords : 19^th century literature; Santiago Sierra; author variants; spiritism; fantastic; textual criticism.