Sabino Ordás: vindication and trauma

Abstract

This article constitutes an approximation to the socio-political and traumatic aspects of the figure of Sabino Ordás. Our objective has been to determine the relationship between the socio-political and cultural claim, on the one hand, and, on the other, the traumatic casuistry or affective structure that impelled Ordás’ writing process. In this way, the first prologue of Los caminos del Esla by Ordás is analysed taking into account the most political formulation of the affective turn and different notions about the traumatic phenomenon. Thus the discourse on Ordás’ work is renewed, contributing to the study of the relationship between body, mind and writing. The apocryphal figure is brought to light as well as a textual instance that had been born of plurality and was a product of hybridization and migration, swinging between emotions such as sadness, resignation and joy of life.