Escrituras transnacionales del siglo XXI: exilios y migraciones en los ensayos de Roberto Bolaño

Abstract

Unlike his fictional texts, Roberto Bolaño’s essays have not been sufficiently examined when it comes to the dialogue that they establish with national and/or Latin American literary traditions. Based on the themes of exile and migration, we propose to reflect on how he conceives that the Latin American author of the new Millennium could be in terms of his sense of belonging, as well as his different levels of displacement, not only spatial but also linguistic. In this sense, we will successively analyze his representation of the literary tradition territory in which the authors move (whether national or regional), to then affirm or question it. Finally, we will dwell on his particular conception of the author as an individual who relentlessly crosses borders, although this does not mean being forgetful of the tradition to which he belongs. On the contrary, he reinforces it through his inquisitive humor. 

Keywords: essay, Latin America, 21st century, identity, transnationalism.