Jack London: Biologismo y literatura perruna

Abstract

The article proposes to examine the biological and Darwinian background of London's work. It also examines the imaginary about the nature and the animal world in the North American culture of the beginning of century. It shows the influence of the evolutionary theory in the plot and in the strategy composite of stories and novels of the author, emphasizing, however, the self-sufficiency and aesthetic autonomy of his stories. It examines and thinks on to think literary and to think argumentative and rationally.