Narrative and National Allegory in Rómulo Gallegos's Venezuela

Venezuela’s preeminent educator, politician, and most important author Rómulo Gallegos (1884-1969) left a lasting imprint on how Venezuelans conceive of their national history and identity. Jenni Lehtinen offers the first full-length study of Gallegos’s later Venezuelan novels, Canaima (1935), Pobre negro (1937), and Sobre la misma tierra (1943), which have been up to now eclipsed by the critical attention devoted to Doña Bárbara (1929). By combining close-readings organized around national allegory and narrative structure with discussions about Gallegos’s socio-political essays, the study reveals previously ignored, radical developments in the Venezuelan author’s ideologies. Through her bold reinterpretation of the later novels, Lehtinen reveals Gallegos as a far more innovative writer than has been traditionally appreciated.

Jenni Lehtinen completed her doctoral studies in Spanish American literature at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where she has held various teaching posts and lectured on Nation and Narration.

Reviews:

‘Lehtinen’s book will remain an indispensable contribution to the critical corpus on Gallegos and to Venezuelan studies in general.’ — Juan Pablo Lupi, Bulletin of Spanish Studies 93, 2016, 543
‘Lehtinen’s book is of interest to established Gallegos scholars and students alike, both accessible and offering up new critical insights. Moreover, it should also be on the radar of Venezuelan scholars more generally, since it is a study that requires us to consider how contemporary and future Venezuelan authors respond to, perpetuate, or depart from the narrative strategies and trajectories traced in and through Gallegos’s œuvre.’ — Nicholas Roberts, Modern Language Review 111.4, October 2016, 1151-52 (full text online)

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i-iv	Front Matter Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.1	Cite
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v-vi	Table of Contents Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.2	Cite
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vii-vii	Acknowledgements J. L. doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.3	Cite
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viii-viii	NOTE ON THE TEXTS Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.4	Cite
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1-32	Introduction Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.5	Cite
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33-74	Chapter 1 Canaima: A Plunge Into Pessimism Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.6	Cite
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75-116	Chapter 2 Alternative Paths To Progress in Pobre Negro Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.7	Cite
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117-163	Chapter 3 Sobre La Misma Tierra: A New Socio-Political Agenda? Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.8	Cite
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164-168	Conclusion Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.9	Cite
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169-178	Bibliography Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.10	Cite
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179-182	INDEX Jenni K. Lehtinen doi:10.2307/j.ctt24hzk3.11	Cite
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