Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
This article compares how nineteenth-century Romantic literature in Colombia and Venezuela treated the figure of the Indian. Its principal aim is to contrast the image of the Indian in this literature to that created during the wars of Independence. The article argues that Romantic literature reintr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidad de los Andes
2007-04-01
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| Series: | Revista de Estudios Sociales |
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| Online Access: | http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/233/1.php |
| Summary: | This article compares how nineteenth-century Romantic literature in Colombia and Venezuela treated the figure of the Indian. Its principal aim is to contrast the image of the Indian in this literature to that created during the wars of Independence. The article argues that Romantic literature reintroduced the idea of the difference between civilized and wild Indians that had been intentionally de-emphasized during the wars. Moreover, the article suggests that the idea of the "civilized" Indian, more common in Colombia than Venezuela, implied different approaches to notions of progress, Positivism and evolution |
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| ISSN: | 0123-885X 1900-5180 |