Intellectual life and essay in Reyes, Volpi and Ospina
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https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.elc.n39a05Keywords:
intellectual life, essay, Latinamerican identity, Reyes, Volpi, OspinaAbstract
This article highlights the close relationship between intellectual life and essay. It pretends to analyze how the essay is an effective way to reflect about Latinamerican identity. Above all are taken as examples “Notas de la inteligencia americana” by Alfonso Reyes, El insomnio de Bolívar by Jorge Volpi and Pa´ que se acabe la vaina by William Ospina. This dialogue has got the purpose to find out the transfers of knowledge through different social contexts.
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Ospina, W. (2013). Pa ́ que se acabe la vaina. Bogotá: Planeta.
Reyes, A. (1936). Notas sobre la inteligencia americana. México: UNAM Centro de estudios latinoamericanos.
Volpi, J. (2009). El insomnio de Bolívar. Cuatro consideraciones intempestivas sobre América Latina en el siglo XXI. Bogotá: Random House Mondadori.
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