Abstract
This article explores the circulation of Roland Barthes’s works in Chile based on the study of writer Enrique Lihn’s critic and narrative (1929-1988). To this purpose, we first address the differences in opinion between Lihn and the main Chilean literary critic during the dictatorship, José Miguel Ibãñez Langlois, regarding French structuralist theory. Second, we analyze the marks of Barthes's thought in Enrique Lihn's critical texts gathered in El circo en llamas. Finally, we observe how these marks are also reflected in Lihn's narrative, specifically in the stories "Huacho y Pochocha", “Panorama artístico de la República Independiente de Miranda” and in the works in which the character Gerardo de Pompier appears.
Keywords:
Enrique Lihn; Roland Barthes; Chilean literary criticism