Abstract

MARRUFO HUCHIM, Karla L.. The superfluos man in Latin American Literature: From the 19th Century to the Avant-garde. Iztapalapa. Rev. cienc. soc. humanid. [online]. 2019, vol.40, n.86, pp.67-92. ISSN 2007-9176.  https://doi.org/10.28928/ri/862019/atc3/marrufohuchimk.

The objective of this article is to trace the background of the figure of the superfluous man in Latin America to identify the precedents of what this figure became in the Avant-garde narrative. The superfluous man is one of the most representative contemporary literary figures, it emerged in Europe in the 18th century, consolidated in the 19th, and incarnates the crisis of Modernity. The figure stands up for his intelligence and full awareness of the conflicts of Western societies, which leads him to perceive a discouraging panorama and live with no hope about the future. In Latin America, this figure will also emerge and consolidate throughout the 19th century, acquiring specific features in accordance with the context of the capital cities of the newly independent countries and continuing his development as a main character of the Avant-Garde narrative, which expresses a different moment in the crisis of the modern man.

Keywords : Latin American narrative; Literary Esthetics; Modernity; Literary Figures; Laughter.

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