Experimentation in Barranquilla group literature before Macondo

Abstract

This article aims to read Álvaro Cepeda Samudio and Gabriel García Márquez literature form an intermedial perspective. It reviews their experimental period as young journalists at the port town of Barranquilla, Colombia during the 50’s. They came part of a bohemian group of artists who looked forward to challenge traditional literature and seek new aesthetic possibilities. Their unconventional style defined by the relation between media dialogues-journalism, cultural gathering and cinema became a decisive step to the contemporary Colombian literature.