The Aesthetic Border: Colombian Literature in the Face of Globalization

This groundbreaking study explores how modern Colombian literature reflects the country's tumultuous entrance into globalization, from Gabriel García Márquez to Juan Gabriel Vásquez. It examines the cultural and literary manifestations of Colombia's relationship to the wider world, including García Márquez's retreat to rural romanticism, the country's violent end to the twentieth century, and the contemporary period of a new major author.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 22 May 2022
Publisher: Rutgers University Press

This groundbreaking study delves into the profound impact of modern Colombian literature, spanning from the legendary Gabriel García Márquez to the emerging Juan Gabriel Vásquez, on the turbulent journey of globalization. As these literary giants, one canonical and the other emergent, bookend Colombia's ascent and decline on the global stage, the period in between witnesses an inordinate level of violence, marking a transformative era in the evolution of Colombian urban novels. This book categorizes Colombia's cultural and literary manifestations as threefold, exploring García Márquez's retreat to rural romanticism, which paradoxically propelled him to global literary fame; the country's violent conclusion to the twentieth century, marked by the dominance of narcotics as its largest economic export; and the contemporary era, witnessing the emergence of a new major author who has crafted a "literature of national reconstitution." Drawing inspiration from the Regeneration movement and extending into the early twenty-first century, this book analyzes the far-reaching cultural implications of Colombia's relationship with the broader world.

Weight: 333g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781684483655