El mito del bandolero Efraín González. Del imaginario colectivo a la interpretación literaria

Abstract

Esta investigación analiza el mito en el bandolero colombiano Efraín González, a partir de cuatro textos literarios; una novela, dos guiones para cine y un corrido popular. Asimismo, trata de hacer una interpretación a los símbolos que se le asignan y a la manifestación de un pueblo, que decide contar su historia mitificando al héroe como una forma de resistencia ante el periodo de La Violencia en Colombia.

Abstract. The central objective of this study is to analyze the notion of myth in the case of the Colombian bandit Efraín González through four literary texts: a novel, two film scripts and a popular corrido (popular song). In the same way, this study aims at interpreting the symbols assigned to him as well as the popular narratives in which the people decide to tell their own version of the story mythicizing at the same time the hero, which is a way of resisting in the period of civil war in Colombia called La Violencia (The Violence).