What are we talking about when we talk about contemporary chronicles in Latin America?

Abstract

The field of contemporary chronicle in Latin America is hegemonized by the so-called "Narrative Journalism" that aims to narrate the present on the basis of previous journalistic investigations. In a different position and without grouping under any denomination, a series of writers dedicated to the short chronicle present a point of convergence in their affiliation to the modernist chronicle. The coexistence of both positions presents disputes in relation to themes, approaches, narrative procedures and author positions, in other words, with the modern cultural and literary tradition. The binomial literature / journalism, nodal for the genre, from these bids is located in the center of the scene. That is why, in this article, we intend to illuminate the issue of self-denomination, the conception of the literary work and language.