The article analyzes the representations of "Argentinity"/"Argentine Identity" from the construction of the literary canon in the twenties. In this opportunity we chose to confront the essayistcs by Ricardo Rojas and Jorge Luis Borges. To our opinion, the bases on the existence or the voluntary construction of a "history of the National Literature" discovers its selection mechanisms, hermeneutics and supports, the conflict to define the meanings of the national identity. Particularist or universalist, traditionalist or vanguardist, the matter goes beyond the field of literature and it establishes the basis of images, symbols and stereotypes which are poured onto the representations of society and politics.
nationalism; vanguard; histories of Literature