Patriotismo, poesía y educación. Una aproximación a Juan María Gutiérrez

Abstract

The objective of the following investigation is to study the relationship between patriotism, poetry and education in some sections of the trajectory of Juan María Gutiérrez. I am interested in examining how political leaders sustain reflections and strategies for the formation of citizens and patriots. In other studies I have recorded that another leader, Joaquín V. González, states that fictions represent a fundamental means for the formation of patriots because they would manage to transmit in the best way the principles and values of the best country´s institutions. A question then arose: Was this use of literature to form patriots typical of González or was it part of an existing tradition in the political leadership of the 19th century? I chose to explore the trajectory of Juan María Gutiérrez, one of Gonzalez´s referents, to begin to give a first answer.