The family body and the self-body: intertextual paths between César Vallejo and José Watanabe

Abstract

This article explores the pragmatic, thematic and allegorical convergences between texts related to the familiar sphere, illness and body checking in César Vallejo and José Watanabe”™s writings. It is evidenced by the path of common allegories, such as that of the navel and the belly, the work that Watanabe performs on the body images with vallejiana tradition to address identity and confidence in the body. It is also revealed a transition common to both writers, between the familiar body linked to disease, and the body itself, source of healing and transcendence.