Origin and Impact of Theories on Writing in Latin America
This article analyzes the origin and impact that theories have had on writing in the countries of Latin America, but from a modeling that began in the Anglo-Saxon world. To this end, a sample of publications was selected that allowed an analysis of eight epistemic categories, among which those that are linked to discursive genres such as dialogic, semiotic, rhetorical constructs and their areas of use stand out. The results reveal the positive impact that foreign theories had in Latin America, as well as the impact on the quality and diversity of regional production. It is concluded that the production of specialized texts, in the area of writing and transformation of knowledge and beyond an apparent theoretical controversy between the meaning of “literacy” and “academic literacy”, has given rise, rather, to the Pedagogy of Discursive Genres.
