Escritura y modernidad del libro amorfo : El suicida de Alfonso Reyes y Motivos de Proteo de José Enrique Rodó

Abstract

This article analyses the importance of José Enrique Rodó’s Motivos de Proteo (1909) in Alfonso Reyes’ writing of El suicida (1917). Such analysis begins exploring the enunciation space of the Mexican author’s text. Then, it looks at the book’s main critical receptions. Afterwards, it highlights the philological context in which Reyes wrote this volume. Finally, this study suggests that the fluctuating, open and constant motion model which gave Motivos de Proteo to El suicida defines the modern nature of this writing.