Contemporary Colombian Writers

Using the theoretical framework of gastrocriticism, this essay traces a historicist route through classic and medieval medical-culinary treatises to analyze their influence on Héctor Abad Faciolince’s Tratado de culinaria para mujeres tristes and Mayra Santos-Febres’ Tratado de medicina natural para hombres melancólicos. Both writers evoke or imitate the secular tradition of medical and culinary treatises; an analysis of these contemporary authors through the lens of works from an earlier era emphasizes the possibilities for literary criticism that identifies intersections of thought across various periods.