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the literary creation in the region of Santander is characterized by the positions and arguments between the promoters and opponents of a "santanderean literature". Following Schmidt-Welle's postulates on regional literature, the content analysis of interviews with creators and literary promoters, as well as the review and critique of documentary sources of Santander's literary inventories, the article characterizes the visibility that the santanderean writers have had, the regional determinisms that have fostered the "santanderean literature" inspired by the authors of the 20th century, as well as a dynamic internationalist evocation of the santanderean people and landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the importance of the victors' public investments and the editorial efforts of the defeated ones after the Thousand Days' War to present their history versions and reaffirm the importance of the processes of peace and national reconciliation. In order to do this, it is demonstrated the importance that the inclusion of some of these speeches and literary representations in textbooks had for elementary and advanced reading courses in local schools according to the official program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]