Viaje y nación en la literatura mexicana (1836-1870). Tres casos: Carpio, Altamirano y México y sus alrededores

Abstract

Various manifestations of  nineteenth-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.