Resumen

HERNANDEZ LANDA VALENCIA, Verónica. Between History and Fiction: the Tragedy of Guillén de Lampart in Memorias de un impostor, by Vicente Riva Palacio. Lit. mex [online]. 2017, vol.28, n.2, pp.35-61. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex.28.2.2017.935.

This article analyses how the historical novel Memorias de un impostor, written by Vicente Riva Palacio, participates in the conformation of the imaginary about William Lamport. Shows the structural problems emerged from the attempt to combine history and fiction, as well as the resources that allows, despite everything, the configuration of a revolutionary hero whose tragedy can move and persuade the reader. To achieve this goal, a methodology of rhetorical analysis is developed; it considers the communicative functions of the discourse, and two rhetorical canons: the inventio (the historical documents and literary genres appealed by the novel) and the dispositio (the way these elements are organized in the story). This methodology is complemented with resources provided by comparative literature and narratology.

Palabras llave : rhetoric; historical novel; Lampart; Riva Palacio; colonial imaginary.