Este artículo examina las distintas posiciones -ya sea de convergencia, divergencia o disensión- que toman las representaciones de la Modernidad en dos poemas -"El viento y la multitud en la metrópolis" y "Maniobra gris (niebla en el puerto)"- de Pedro Plonka, integrante de la vanguardia histórica literaria desarrollada en Valparaíso. En estos poemas se aprecia un progresivo distanciamiento del imaginario prometeico que motivó la fe en el progreso y en la técnica incentivando con ello el crecimiento industrial, comercial y marítimo de la ciudad desde fines del siglo XIX hasta las primeras décadas del siglo pasado. Por medio del análisis de las mediaciones en los textos literarios apreciamos que se construye en ambos poemas un imaginario que socava aquel imaginario prometeico, entregando una visión de crítica, y no así de fracaso, de la acelerada y progresiva concepción de tiempo histórico propia de la modernidad.
This article examines the various positions, either convergence, divergence or dissent, they take representations of modernity in two poems -"The wind and the multitude in the metropolis" and "Maneuver gray (mist on the port)"- from Pedro Plonka, a member of the historical avant-garde literature developed in Valparaíso. In these poems can be seen a gradual distancing from the Promethean imaginary that led to the belief in progress and technique thus encouraging industrial growth, trade and shipping in the city since the late nineteenth century until the early decades of last century. Through the analysis of literary texts mediating appreciate being built in both poems a imaginary that undermines that Promethean imaginary, providing a critical view, and not of failure, the rapid and progressive conception of historical time itself modernity.
This article examines the various positions, either convergence, divergence or dissent, they take representations of modernity in two poems -"The wind and the multitude in the metropolis" and "Maneuver gray (mist on the port)"- from Pedro Plonka, a member of the historical avant-garde literature developed in Valparaíso. In these poems can be seen a gradual distancing from the Promethean imaginary that led to the belief in progress and technique thus encouraging industrial growth, trade and shipping in the city since the late nineteenth century until the early decades of last century. Through the analysis of literary texts mediating appreciate being built in both poems a imaginary that undermines that Promethean imaginary, providing a critical view, and not of failure, the rapid and progressive conception of historical time itself modernity.