news of the election of Soledad Puértolas as a new academic tongue with joy and sincere congratulations (how corny word that), because I think a very remarkable writer of contemporary English literature. I especially like his role as storyteller (which I followed as a reader more than the novelist), a narrative genre that always seems to "minor" in the eyes of critics and audiences in spite of having such a strong tradition in the English language. My sympathy for the recognition that this appointment means for Puértolas, I added the certainty that, just by how he writes, because of the relationship in literature has with language, by the great humanity and closeness of his stories, this writer is a scholar capable of entering into such old institution fresh air. And I will not deny, because I feel like it: the fact that women are also feeds my joy at the news. And not because a woman is something valuable in itself, but because an institution that seeks to form and rule to reflect that common speech of mortals projects, must be added to the best people, the most capable, regardless of sex, and the final mosaic is also as representative as possible, since such training, community speaker.
Every time a woman enters the Royal Academy English, the official voices of this entity are quick to emphasize that the choice is entirely due to their qualities and not to any policy in favor of parity because, as said Victor Garcia de la Concha, "choose someone from fees would not consistent. " Perfect. This putting the band before having any injury is quite telling of what really lies behind such statements as Garcia de la Concha and traditions such as the Academy. Consider for a moment: does that mean García de la Concha there are only five women with sufficient merit to be seated in chairs? You mean, really, than their male colleagues-vast majority-have never been privilege in their life, including his career as honrosísimos philologists, linguists, writers, journalists, researchers, etc., by the mere fact of being men and not women? Obviously the male gender in general is not guilty (we are not) of machismo accumulated by history, but we must be aware of it and stewards in the commitment to overcome it. The fact that the Academy has only five women, like it or not Garcia de la Concha, the example of structural discrimination and the collusion of the institution itself, by act or omission done with it.
So, and here they agree with the official academic sources, Puértolas greet the entry of the SAR because it "recognizes its merits and the work he has done over quotas." In particular, above the quota overwhelmingly (almost exclusively) male who has applied the Academy throughout its history.
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