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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0186-0348</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Secuencia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Secuencia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-0348</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Investigaciones Dr. José María Luis Mora]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-03482018000100114</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18234/secuencia.v0i100.1574</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La biografía literaria en el México contemporáneo]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Literary Biography in Contemporary Mexico]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Bradu]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fabienne]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas Centro de Estudios Literarios]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>100</numero>
<fpage>114</fpage>
<lpage>132</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-03482018000100114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-03482018000100114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-03482018000100114&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: Según Georges Steiner, no existe una teoría de la biografía sino tan sólo una praxis, que es la mejor manera de pensar el género y de realizarlo. Aquí repaso mi propia experiencia biográfica atendiendo tres casos distintos: 1) la biografía de un personaje sin obra como es la vida de Antonieta Rivas Mercado; 2) el retrato biográfico que exige otro tratamiento de la información recabada y otra redacción, a través de mi libro Damas de corazón, y 3) la biografía cronología de un poeta como Gonzalo Rojas, dotado de una extensa y rica obra de creación, en El volcán y el sosiego. Comento cada etapa, muestro las dificultades que presenta cada variante del género y trato de reflexionar sobre la biografía en general, pero siempre a partir de la experiencia propia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: According to Georges Steiner, there is no theory of biography, only praxis, which is the best way to think about the genre and engage in it. Below is a review of three different cases drawn from my own experience in biography: 1) Biographies of figures with no works, such as the life of Antonieta Rivas Mercado; 2) Biographical portraits that require another way of dealing with the information obtained and writing style, such as that found in my book Damas de corazón; 3) The chronological biography of a poet such as Gonzalo Rojas, with his vast and rich creative oeuvre, exemplified in El volcán y el sosiego. I comment on each stage, demonstrate the difficulties presented by each variation of the genre and reflect on biographical writing in general, on the basis of my own experience.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[biografía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[teoría]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[experiencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[siglos XX y XXI]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[México]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[biography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[theory]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[experience, 20th Century, 21st Century]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexico]]></kwd>
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