LUIS OYARZÚN: THE DIARY AS A TRAVELLING LOG. MODERNITY AND EVERY-DAY CHILEAN CULTURE

Abstract

The article constructs a reading of the diary of Luis Oyarzún emphasizing, fi rstly, the systematic presence

of enunciation marks that transform the text into a travelling record without depriving it of its diaryrelated

features. Secondly, the article approaches this modality in the diary as an instance that allows to

visualize an essential element of modernity (namely, its rationalistic and expaning orientation) which

sustains Oyarzún’s criticism to every-day Chilean culture.