Biography Anchor: Chilean Press and Nineteenth Century Folletín

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to study the spread biographies in folletín of the second part of the nineteenth century (1842-1881) section, distinguishing characters whom his life, aspects that stand out from them and the functions that this kind of story fulfilled for both serial section as written for the average spread it. The course organized by this paper proposes that the function of auto-biographical speech was forming a repertoire of vernacular and recognizable characters by citizens of this young nation, although it had achieved political independence from Spain, it had not done since the prospects cultural and intellectual, therefore this kind of story fulfilled the role of social anchor, moral, national and cultural. Therefore, the biographees subjects responded to organizational needs of the country and its various fields of development. This work includes three parts: the first is about the serial section, its inclusion in the local press and projections. The second analyzes the bio-feuilleton production. working with the conclusions closes.