CON ORTEGA: EL ENSAYO COMO ALTERNATIVA A UNA FILOSOFÍA DE FUNÁMBULOS With Ortega: the essay as an alternative to a philosophy of tightrope walkers
The essay (as literary genre) and the Spanish essay (in its historical specificity) are subjects of study with a special force in contemporary criticism. This paper examines the origins of the essay in Spanish literature in Ortega y Gasset, understanding it as a stylistic form of reflection that is not strictly systematic. Despite the existence of important predecessors, with Ortega the essay comes to recognize itself as the form of a new