The Plains!
Gallegos compares the men of the plain to this mythological creature.
What is the centaur?
This author was the Secretary of Education for Chile and won the first Nobel Prize for Literature in LA.
Who is Gabriela Mistral?
Most LA countries received their independence from Spain early in this century.
What is the 19th century?
This scientist greatly influenced thinking in the early 20th century and his theories influenced naturalism.
Who is Darwin?
She left this behind (or did she?)
What is a straw hat?
Romulo Gallegos combined his roles as artist and public figure, ultimately taking on this position
What is president of Venezuela?
This woman died in childbirth, because she was too poor to receive care.
Who is Trinidad?
This country was the first one in LA to receive its independence from a European country.
What is Haiti?
This man's theories influenced surrealism, which looks for answers in the subconscious.
Who is Freud?
this character really doesn't like the other characters in the story - he thinks they smell bad and are ignorant, even though it's his job to care for them.
Who is the priest in Big Precipice?
The conflict between civilization and barbarity reflected the conflict between two political philosophies in Latin America in the 19th and early 20th centuries
What are conservative and liberals?
This woman wrote an anti-romance, showing us what happens after the happily ever after.
Who is Maria Luisa Bombal?
This country is still not free from colonial rule.
What is Puerto Rico?
This poet was the founder of modernismo, the first LA literary trend to influence European writers.
Who is Ruben Dario?
This one came from farthest away...
Who is the most beloved?
Luzardo thinks that, along with law, this is one thing that will bring progress to the plains.
What is a fence?
This woman was not part of the modernista "brotherhood"; but she was a modernista writing poetry that was often erotic.
Who is Delmira Agustina?
This Venezuelan president was the model for DB and her lawless plain.
Who is Juan Vicente Gomez?
This literary trend tries to improve the life of a particular group of people, writing about them from the outside to change public opinion.
What is indigenismo?
I didn't like being touched or kept in a stall, but just like Marisela, I learned my place.
Who is Catira?
The American figure in DB reminds the reader of this powerful American, who also tried to take control of parts of LA.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This woman thought old age was one of the worst things that could happen to her.
Who is the protagonist of The Final Mist?
Even with independence and progress, this traditional type of landowner held a lot of power in LA post-revolutions.
Who is the latifundio?
This author from Argentina wrote a story that examines the thin line between humans and animals.
Who is Leopoldo Lugones?
OMG...did he just talk?? I gotta go tell somebody
Who is the cook?