The People's Revenge: the “Trujillato” Novel after the Assassination of tyrant

  • Ana Gallego Cuiñas
Keywords: Novel of the Dictator, Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Elitism, Populism

Abstract

This essay treats the literary representation of Trujillato social experience in the period after the dictator's death. This fiction adopts plural forms that show the profound complexity of this dictatorship and the social and literary trauma of the Dominican Republic. In the sixties and seventies the Dominican writer proofed new fictional ways that allowed process this cruel, closed and hard experience. The mean ways of this literary treatment were related to the dictatorship's effects in the society: the representation of Trujillo's militaries and the vindication of people who fought against the despotic government.

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Published
2008-12-29
How to Cite
Gallego Cuiñas A. (2008). The People’s Revenge: the “Trujillato” Novel after the Assassination of tyrant. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 37, 303-319. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/view/ALHI0808110303A
Issue
Vol. 37 (2008)
Section
Articles

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