“Work’s Ethics” and the Writing of The Time of the Hero

Loli D.V.; Vásquez T.B.; Lecca F.C. · Revista de Filosofia (Venezuela) (2022) · DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7042275

Resumen

The unrestricted defense of the literary vocation has been for Mario Vargas Llosa (Arequipa, 1936) the predominant reason for his controversies, position taking and his disenchantment with socialism after the Cuban revolution that had aroused the enthusiasm of the youth and the Latin American intellectual elite. . The Peruvian writer has fought for the privileges of the imagination when these have been threatened and has shown in his creative process that with a "work ethic" a contemporary classic such as The City and the Dogs can be written. In this article, underlying philosophical issues are elucidated, such as the literary vocation, the writer's social commitment and the search for his own aesthetics. In this case, formal experimentation turns each of his novels into a puzzle that the reader must recompose to find meaning.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Universidad Privada Antenor Orrego