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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Main Author: Carl Henrik Langebaek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2007-04-01
Series:Revista de Estudios Sociales
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Online Access:http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/233/1.php
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description 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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spellingShingle Carl Henrik Langebaek
Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
Revista de Estudios Sociales
Muiscas
Romanticism
Indians
Colombia
Venezuela
literature.
title Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
title_full Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
title_fullStr Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
title_full_unstemmed Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
title_short Civilización y Barbarie: el Indio en la literatura criolla en Colombia y Venezuela después de la independencia
title_sort civilizacion y barbarie el indio en la literatura criolla en colombia y venezuela despues de la independencia
topic Muiscas
Romanticism
Indians
Colombia
Venezuela
literature.
url http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/233/1.php
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