Walter Benjamin: alegoria, memoria y modernidad

Since the end of the 20th century, there has been increasing research on modernity, especially on dierent segments of the cultural eld. Read in this context, the works of Walter Benjamin acquire great value. The article explores four of Benjamins themes: a) some aspects of his concept of history; b) the concept of experience, in order to show its historical-critical dimension regarding the rise of modern culture; c) the affinities between the way he allegorical view is developed in German Baroque drama and the way in which Baudelaire deals with the issues of modernity; and d) elements of some cultural forms of modern art that Benjamin is interested in.