Una literatura sin residencia fija. Insularidad, historia y dinámica sociocultural en la Cuba del Siglo XX

Abstract

From its very beginnings, Cuban literature has been a literature with no fixed abode: written between Cuba and Mexico (Jose María Heredia), Cuba and Spain (Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda), Cuba and the U.S. (Cirilo Villaverde), or between Cuba, Europe and the Americas (Jose Martí), but to mention the outstanding figures in Cuba's 19 th Century. This article tries to unfold and develop the consequences of this new perspective by insisting on the specific «frictional» character of Cuban literature and culture today.