Lingüística y Literatura ISSN: 0120-5587
[email protected] Universidad de Antioquia Colombia Gómez, Juan David JOSÉ DONOSO, TELLING THE TALE AND RECLAIMING THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTIST Lingüística y Literatura, núm. 58, julio-diciembre, 2010, pp. 51-66 Universidad de Antioquia Medellín, Colombia Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=476548732005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative JOSÉ DONOSO, TELLING THE TALE AND RECLAIMING THE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ARTIST Juan David Gómez universidad de Antioquia Recibido: 16/09/2009 Aceptado: 05/11/2009 Abstract: The Cuban revolution and the military coups in Latin America, among other things, forced Latin American artists committed to addressing the social problems in their countries to consider transforming their social commitment into socialist commitment. This essay shows how Jose Donoso’s novel, Curfew, rejects this call and marks a new stage in the relationship between socialism and American literature by being socially committed to the actual political situation in Chile without being a socialist text. Key words: Curfew, Socialism, Pinochet, Donoso, social responsibility. JOSÉ DONOSO, CONTANDO LA HISTORIA Y RECLAMANDO LA RESPONSABILIDAD SOCIAL DEL ARTISTA Resumen: La Revolución Cubana y los golpes de estado en Latinoamérica, entre otras cosas, obligaron a artistas latinoamericanos comprometidos con el mejoramiento de sus LINGüÍSTICA y literatuRA 51 N.º 58, 2010 JuAN David GÓMEZ respectivas sociedades, a meditar sobre la posibilidad de transformar su compromiso social en un compromiso socialista.