Ernesto Guevara and his Motorcycle Diaries. The narrative travel from Fúser towards el Che

Abstract

At the age of twenty four, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna undertake a trip through different countries of Latin America. Accompanied by Alberto Granado, this travel get embodied in some travel notes that will be known as Motorcycle Diaries. The leading figure of Guevara has been approached from several points of view, specially the one that refer to his political legacy, although the travel of 1952 result, certainly, underlying in turning the gaze of the reality that surround him, but indeed it is also the opening for a new style of writing for us. Motorcycle Diaries is the first literary example to portray what their eyes saw. Guevara’s travel, transform his world vision and as proof of this are the Motorcycle Diaries that, with sparks of humor, accurate descriptions and leisurely and poetic tone, give faith of a literary work. Maybe the literary vein of Che is the least studied, thence the importance of notice on the Mororcycle Diaries.