Dogs in the paradise: The influence of the cynical philosophy in the construction of the myth of the good savage
Keywords:
Colonial literature, Chronicles, Indigenous, Cynism, Noble savage.
Abstract
This paper studies the influence of cynic philosophy in the construction of the myth of the good savage. In the first part it studies the importance of cynicism in the XVI century and how the cynic influence of Erasmus, More and Montaigne was fundamental to the way that Europe approached the American indigenous. In the second part it studies the cynic motives that could have influenced in the construction of the myth of the good savage.Downloads
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Castany Prado B. (2016). Dogs in the paradise: The influence of the cynical philosophy in the construction of the myth of the good savage. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 44, 221-251. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ALHI.2015.v44.51513
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Miscelaneous
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