Repertoires, paths and printed history: the Revista del Instituto Paraguayo as a synthesis of national rewriting

Abstract

In this article we discuss aspects of the trajectory of the Revista do Instituto Paraguayo that are related to themes about the discussion of the renewal of Paraguayan nationality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a moment when a number of intellectuals were striving to forge a new version of the country, which suffered the nefarious consequences of the War of the Triple Alliance (1864-1870). Since its emergence, this Journal has proposed the debate, in an interdisciplinary way, about a set of themes and issues that encompassed fundamental repertoires for the consolidation in the awakening of a national conscience. We highlight as the main leading of this performance the Generation of 900, formed by authors interconnected by an intellectual community interested in the national reconfiguration, based on culture, homeland, national history and the future. We hope to contribute to the debate on the role of this Journal as one of the essential platforms that synthesized aspirations that projected the country for the 20th century.