LA OBRA LITERARIA DE BRUCE CHATWIN: DISQUISICIONES ENTORNO A SU CLASIFICACIÓN

Abstract

The British writer Bruce Chatwin (1940-1989) built his literary work taking as a starting point the philosophical inquiry summarized in the question: why do men travel instead of staying at home? Neither his life neither his literary career can be understood without taking into consideration this interrogation that characterized him and that questioned the classification of his books. This article intends to place Chatwin’s work in the genre of travel literature and explain the roots of his literary yearning throughout his motives and the evolution of travel literature throughout the 20th century.