Argentinean literary orientalism : from Esteban Echeverría to Roberto Arlt / Axel Gasquet.

1 Introduction.- 2 European Archetypes and the Debate about the Eastern Question.- Part I: The East in the Pampa.- 3 The Romantic import of Esteban Echeverría and Juan B. Alberdi.- 4 : The Ideological Oriental Translation of Domingo F. Sarmiento.- Part II: Eastern Stamps of Cosmopolites, Tourists and Positivists.- 5 The Worldly Splendor of Lucio V. Mansilla.- 6 The Measured Enlightenment of Pastor S. Obligado.- 7 The Hygienist Modernity of Eduardo F. Wilde.- Part III: Mirrors of the East.- 8 Arabesques and Chinerías: the Imaginary of Leopoldo Lugones.- 9 The Aestheticizing Traditionalism of Jorge Max Rohde.- 10 Roberto Arlt's Moorish and African Fiction.- 11 General Conclusion.