Más allá del Otro americano : construcciones entrelazadas de la identidad/alteridad en las crónicas doradistas de Antonio de Berrío y Sir Walter Ralegh
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2026
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La presente tesis doctoral aborda la compleja construcción discursiva de la identidad y la alteridad en el universo transatlántico, transnacional, transcultural y translingüístico de la América de la modernidad temprana a través de un caso paradigmático: las crónicas entrelazadas del español Antonio de Berrío (1527-1597) y del inglés Sir Walter Ralegh (ca.1554-1618) acerca de sus respectivas expediciones en busca de El Dorado en la región de Guayana. Con el objetivo de poner en duda y tratar de superar a aquellos estudios que, tradicionalmente, han analizado la construcción de la identidad/alteridad en América o bien desde el binarismo Europa-América (sujeto colonizador-sujeto colonizado), o bien desde toda una serie de enfoques comparativos y hemisféricos que poseen sus propios esencialismos y limitaciones, esta investigación analiza de qué forma construyen las crónicas contemporáneas de esos dos autores a las mismas poblaciones indígenas del Orinoco y Guayana a finales del XVI como alteridades externas o “radicales”, al mismo tiempo que se construyen mutuamente como “otros” internos o “próximos”, socioculturalmente semejantes, en un contexto de fuerte relación y rivalidad interimperial...
This doctoral thesis examines the intricate discursive construction of identity and otherness within the transatlantic, transnational, transcultural, and translinguistic universe of early modern America through a paradigmatic case of study: the entangled chronicles of the Spaniard Antonio de Berrío (1527-1597) and the Englishman Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1554-1618) about their respective expeditions in search of El Dorado in the Guiana region. The aim is to question and overcome those studies that have traditionally analysed the construction of identity/otherness in America, either from the Europe-America binary perspective (coloniser colonised) or from a series of comparative and hemispheric approaches with their own essentialisms and limitations. To do so, this research analyses how these two authors’ contemporary chronicles depict the indigenous populations of Orinoco and Guiana at the end of the 16th century as external or ‘radical’ alterities, while simultaneously portraying each other as internal or ‘proximate’ others, socioculturally similar, in a context of strong inter-imperial relations and rivalry...
This doctoral thesis examines the intricate discursive construction of identity and otherness within the transatlantic, transnational, transcultural, and translinguistic universe of early modern America through a paradigmatic case of study: the entangled chronicles of the Spaniard Antonio de Berrío (1527-1597) and the Englishman Sir Walter Ralegh (c. 1554-1618) about their respective expeditions in search of El Dorado in the Guiana region. The aim is to question and overcome those studies that have traditionally analysed the construction of identity/otherness in America, either from the Europe-America binary perspective (coloniser colonised) or from a series of comparative and hemispheric approaches with their own essentialisms and limitations. To do so, this research analyses how these two authors’ contemporary chronicles depict the indigenous populations of Orinoco and Guiana at the end of the 16th century as external or ‘radical’ alterities, while simultaneously portraying each other as internal or ‘proximate’ others, socioculturally similar, in a context of strong inter-imperial relations and rivalry...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, leída el 12-12-2025












