Construcción de la memoria colectiva en Colombia: Una propuesta desde el relato de vida y la creación de una obra literaria

Abstract

This thesis explores the construction of collective memory of the Colombian armed conflict through the life stories of its survivors. It arises from the need to humanize narratives of violence—often reduced to statistics—by rescuing the individual voices of the victims. Using a narrative approach that combines journalism and literature, the project proposes a new way of telling the nation’s history from empathy and sensitivity. The final product is a novel that seeks to promote reconciliation, dialogue, and understanding of the past, positioning literary journalism as a legitimate tool to reconstruct and preserve memory.