Un discurso identitario: la Marcha de la Patria Joven de Eduardo Frei Montalva

摘要

Due to his famous Discurso a la Patria Joven that he held during the presidential election of Chile in 1964 as well as on the occasionof his inaugural, Eduardo Frei Montalva offers a well defined image of the Chilean nation: He aims at winning the adhesion of the peopleto his idea of an economic, social, and ethic renewal of the nation. In the following we will propose a textlinguistic analysis of this jewelof political rhetoric pointing to the subtle semiotic elaboration of Frei's address conceived of as an instrument of the formation of thenation. Our analysis focuses on the different moments that may be discerned within the process of creating a political identity and itsrhetorical elaboration and propagation through the media. The strong moralising tendency of this address aims at demanding societalsolidarity and active participation in the formation of the nation as the democratic duty of each individual.