Abstract

BOBADILLA ENCINAS, Gerardo Francisco. Travel and Nation in Mexican Literature (1836-1871). Three Cases: Carpio, Altamirano and México y sus alrededores. Lit. mex [online]. 2020, vol.31, n.1, pp.11-42.  Epub Aug 24, 2020. ISSN 2448-8216.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.litmex.31.1.2020.1145.

Various manifestations of 19 Century Mexican literature articulated a series of ethical and aesthetic resolutions, which contributed to the definition and consolidation of a collective imagery around man and nature. It was sought, thus, to give meaning and cultural transcendence to the project of nation that then arose.

As it is proposed in this work, the literary motive of travel and its perspective were the triggers from which that cultural imagery was configured, on which the concept and the image of the Mexican was concreted and acquired meaning, as some representative texts reveal.

Keywords : Travel and national space; Travel and image of man; History of Mexican Literature; Manuel Carpio; Ignacio Manuel Altamirano; México y sus alrededores.

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