The Semiotics of a Bourgeois Society: An Analysis of the 'Aguafuertes Porteñas' by Roberto Arlt (PDF)

Introduction (p. 1)

Altkougk Roberto Arlt is known test for kis novels, snort stories ana plays, ke worked as a journalist for many years, ana nis observations were publisked regularly in W M.unao under tke Leading oiAguafuertes portenas between tbe years 1928 and 1933. Gonzalez Lanuza notes tkat Arlt`s aguafuertes were widely read and so popular tkat tke subscriptions for tke paper doubled on tke days tkat tke essays normally appeared.

Tke reading public eagerly awaited kis observations on a variety or topics concerning daily lire in Buenos Aires between tke years of 1928 and 1933. Arlt spent muck of kis free time walking tke streets of tke capital city, looking in skop windows, frequenting tke cafes and bars around town, and observing tke inkabitants of tke port, and ke ckose to write about tke idiosyncrasies and bekavior of tkese people.

He also selected topics from political and social current events, at times dedicating many columns to expose abuses as ke did witk tke grievous conditions of tke kospitals in tkat city. He also devoted various essays to tke working class families and women, and tkeir often futile attempts to obtain jobs. Saitta asserts tkat Arlt understands tke power of kis signature and tkus "assume el rol de periodista denunciante que, con camara fotografica en mano, juzga intolerable la desigualdad existente entre las clases sociales" (66).

In recent years Roberto Arlt`s fiction kas become tke subject of numerous publications, and most critics consider tke innovative style of kis fictional narrative as an inspiration for many of tke great Latin American writers or tne twentieth century. Although many analyses pertain to Arlt`s fiction, few deal with his essays. Daniel Scroggins conducted an extensive intertextual study or tne essays, and several new additions of tne articles nave teen published since 1993.

This hook examines tne structure, discourse and themes from a semiotic perspective, relating tne

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