Abstract

OLAVE, Giohanny. The eternal return of Marquetalia: on the founding myth of the FARC-EP. Folios [online]. 2013, n.37, pp.149-166. ISSN 0123-4870.

The aim of this paper is to review the influence of the story of the origin of the Farc-EP in the ongoing armed conflict with the state military forces, deepening in shaping what has been called the "founding myth of Marquetalia" from the available literature on the insurgent group. Methodologically, a documentary analysis was done from the perspective of discourse analysis with a socio-cognitive approach. The results highlighted the components of the mythic tale that survive in the current documents and, by extension, the ideological Fariano framework, as well as it approaches the construction of the subjectivity of the militant, through the definition of the ideal heroic guerrilla. We conclude that the founding myth condenses the historical, emotional and sociocognitive, elevating the story of the origin to the symbol and returning to it whenever it is required to strengthen, define or regulate the guerrilla morale.

Keywords : Colombian armed conflict; insurgency; guerrilla moral; founding myth.

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