The Expression of Individuality in Miguel de Castro's Discurso de mi tragedia y vida

Abstract

In this article I intend to analize the expresión of individuality of Miguel de Castro’s Discurso de mi tragedia y vida, and the evolution of his personality throughout his autobiography. In contrast to the postulates of theorists such as Lejeune or Gusdorf, who considered the autobiographies prior to Rousseau’s Confessions as lacking of a clear manifestation of the personality or the development of the “I”, this article tries to show how the protagonists of the Discurso is indeed aware of himself and his own individuality, within the social-courtesan system in which he lives.