Resumen

LUGO RODRIGUEZ, Alexander. Latin America, a path where hope sleeps: A study of fi ve meaninful songs. Revista de Investigación [online]. 2010, vol.34, n.69, pp.151-178. ISSN 1010-2914.

In this study songs are approached, considered them by the author as representatives of latinamericanhood, presenting a micro-biography and some specialized bibliography of their authors. A review of Paul Ricoeur’s interpretative proposal is shown, trying to explain songs from the "production of metaphoric significance in language"; also a brief musical analysis of the five songs is made, presented schematically. Towards the end a link is established between the common language extracted from songs and creations of the Venezuelan singer-composer Alí Primera, to generalize the Latin American vision of a-world-of-life. More than two hundred (200) songs of authors were reviewed: Rafael Hernández, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Otilio Galíndez, Rubén Blades, Juan Luis Guerra and Alí Primera. By all means popular songs meant a way to see and fell reality in a determined historic moment.

Palabras clave : Popular song; latinamericanhood; metaphoric significance; world-of-life; musical analysis.