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Cronopio (literature)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A cronopiois a type of fictional person appearing in works by
Argentine writer Julio Cortzar (August 26,1914February 12,
1984).
Together withfamas(literallyfames) and esperanzas(hopes),
cronopios are the subject of several shortstories in his 1962
bookHistorias de cronopios y de famasand Cortazar continued to
write about cronopios,famas, and esperanzas in other texts through
the 1960s.
Contents
1 Characteristic
2 Uses of the term
3 Other references
4 External links
Characteristic
In general, cronopios are depicted as naive and idealistic,
disorganized, unconventional and sensitivecreatures, who stand in
contrast or opposition to famas (who are rigid, organized and
judgemental if well-intentioned) and esperanzas (who are plain,
indolent, unimaginative and dull).
In his stories Cortzar describes few physical features of
cronopios. He does refer to them as "thosegreenish, frizzly, wet
objects," but this description is surely mostly metaphoric. His
stories demonstrateaspects of cronopios' personalities, habits, and
inclinations.
Uses of the termCortzar first used the word cronopioin a 1952
article published inBuenos Aires Literariareviewing aLouis
Armstrong concert given in November of that year in the Thtre des
Champs-lyses in Paris. Thearticle was entitledLouis, Enormsimo
Cronopio("Louis, Enormous Cronopio"). Cortzar would laterdescribe
in various interviews how the word cronopiofirst came to him in
that same theater some timebefore this concert in the form of an
imaginary vision of small green globes floating around the
semi-deserted theater.
References to cronopios in Cortzar's work occur in 20 short
sketches that make up the last section of
Historias de Cronopios y de Famasas well as in his "collage
books," La vuelta al da en ochenta mundosand Ultimo Round,which
were collected in a French edition he considered definitive. Some
literary criticsconsider Cortazar's cronopios stories as lesser
works compared to other of the author's novels and short
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stories. Others have looked for hidden metaphysical meanings in
these stories or for a universal taxonomy ofhuman beings. Cortzar
himself described these stories as a sort of "game" and asserted
that writing themgave him great joy.
The term cronopioeventually became a kind of honorific, applied
by Cortzar (and others) to friends, as inthe dedication to the
English-language edition of 62: A Model Kit: "This novel and this
translation arededicated to Cronopio Paul Blackburn ..." (Blackburn
translated several of Cortazar's early stories under thetitle The
End of the Game.)
A fossil dryolestoid mammal found in Argentina has been named
Cronopio dentiacutus.[1]
Other references
Cortzar has sometimes been called the Grandsimo Cronopioor the
Cronopio Mayorby hisadmirers.
1. [1] (http://bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15540455)
External links
Historias de Cronopios y de
Famas(http://www.literatura.org/Cortazar/Cronopios.html)
(Spanish)
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