La literatura latinoamericana como proceso: a critical project between unity and diversity

Abstract

La literatura latinoamericana como proceso (1985) is part of a historiographical project coordinated by Ana Pizarro and has become a cornerstone in the development of Latin American literary criticism. Therefore, an examination of the work is proposed from two perspectives. The first delves into archival research to reconstruct the history of the initiative and identify the tensions between local critical perspectives and metropolitan comparative approaches. The second offers a reading of the work that highlights critical operations of significant importance to the field of study. By considering diversity as the foundation for a new understanding of the region’s literary history, the analysis explores the relationship between heterogeneity and cultural identity. In this context, examining the conception of Latin American literature as “unity and diversity” reveals that this phrase serves as a framework allowing authors to emphasize the heterogeneous nature of regional creations without forsaking the integrative Latin Americanist lineage.