espanolAl ser el ensayo uno de los generos literarios menos explorados en la actualidad en Colombia, el presente articulo busca revisar sus cualidades estructurales y de fondo mediante su caracterizacion teorica y el analisis de dos de sus componentes fundamentales: la autofiguracion y la autorrepresentacion. Para poner a prueba esta revision, se parte de aquellos ensayos del texto Diario, del escritor bogotano Hernando Tellez, que aluden directamente a la figura del infante para determinar la relevancia de la exposicion de si mismo en aras de generar opiniones de distinta indole en la recepcion de la obra. EnglishAs the essay is one of the literary genres that are currently less explored in Colombia, this article seeks to revise its structural characteristics and background through its theoretical characterization and the analysis of two of its main components: self-figuration and self-representation. In order to test this review, the essays included in the text Diario by Bogota’s writer Hernando Tellez are approached. Those texts directly refer to the figure of the infant to determine the relevance of exposing himself in order to generate different points of view according to the reception of the work.