De la India a las Indias y viceversa: relaciones literarias entre Hispanoamérica y Asia (siglo XX)

Resumen

Este articulo analiza las relaciones diversas que tres escritores latinoamericanos (Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz y Severo Sarduy) mantuvieron con la India y paises aledanos, y el modo en que dicha circunstancia se plasmo en sus respectivas obras. Pese a las diferencias a la hora de entender las relaciones entre America Latina y Asia (con precedentes ya desde el siglo XVI), cada uno de ellos proyectara en la India (o en “sus Indias”) sus obsesiones vitales y artisticas, prolongando de manera peculiar, gracias a la analogia, la confusion colombina.

Abstract

This article analyzes the different relationships that three Latin American writers (Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz and Severo Sarduy) had with India and surrounding countries and the way in which such circumstance was expressed in their respective works. Despite the differences in the understanding of the relations between Latin America and Asia (with precedents dating back to the 16th century), each of them will project in India (or in “their Indies”) his vital and artistic obsessions, thus extending in a peculiar way, thanks to analogy, the columbine confusion.