Abstract

CUBILLO PANIAGUA, Ruth. Representations of poverty and social inequality in the Costa Rican social fiction narratives of the 1940s Generation. memorias [online]. 2016, n.30, pp.10-38. ISSN 1794-8886.  https://doi.org/10.14482/memor.30.9079.

Abstract This essay analyzes representations of poverty and social inequality in fiction narratives (particularly novels) written by a part of the so-called Generation of the 1940s-a writers’ generation interested in producing a realistic and social literature. Therefore, it studies fiction novels by three outstanding writers: Adolfo Herrera García (who wrote Juan Varela), Carlos Luis Fallas (who wrote Mamita Yunai,Gentes y Gentecillas, and Marcos Ramírez), and Fabián Dobles (who wrote Ese que llaman pueblo and El sitio de las abras).

Keywords : Costa Rican narrative; Writers’ Generation of the 1940s; poverty; social inequality.

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