Among the most important Honduran novels in history are Blanca Olmedo, El vampiro, Bajo el chubasco, Mayapán and Ambrosio Pérez. The Honduran novel has historically been an instrument of reflection on social problems.
Even with the presence of a sentimental and romantic orbit, such as that of the authors Argentina Díaz Lozano and Lucila Gamero, the critic Gilberto González y Contreras states that Honduras does not have a novel or a favorable climate for it.
This comment can be attributed to the late development of the genre in the Central American nation, which did not occur until the end of the 19th century and reached significant traction during the first half of the 20th century.
The 5 most outstanding Honduran novels
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It was a milestone in itself for being the first novel published by a woman in Honduras. It tells the tragic story of a woman who, thanks to her beauty and intelligence, wins a series of enemies determined to destroy her.
It is one of the main works of the writer Lucila Gamero. Along with the novel Betina, it is an important part of Honduran literature.
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The writer Froylán Turcios began working on this story in 1908 and it is about the love affair between two teenage cousins in the middle of a traditional conservative society.
As love affairs evolve, supernatural elements begin to plague the story full of curses, including a bat and a bloodstain.
It is divided into 64 chapters and has only 140 pages. It's a short read period thriller.
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Published in Mexico, it is a work of great extension of a social political nature. It includes a detailed description of the Honduran landscape and the manifestations of nature, such as the rainstorm referred to in the title.
Inocente Paz is the protagonist chosen by the author Carlos Izaguirre, who moves between the waters of resentment and resentment, the caudillos, bankruptcy and the banana companies.
Without a doubt, it is an extensive political and social criticism immersed in a history that could well be a reflection of any Latin American nation of the time, and even today.
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From the Argentine author Díaz Lozano, Mayapán is a novel with a historical setting that narrates the relationship between an Indian woman from Mayapán and a Spanish soldier during the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica.
The combination of romance and historical elements is repeated in Fuego en la Ciudad, another novel by the same author, which stands out for omitting the political problem in favor of historical romanticism.
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From the writer Ángel Porfirio Sánchez, he is considered the highest expression of indigenism in the Honduran novel.
The plot is about the exploitation of the Payas Indians in the logging centers in the 1940s; without a doubt, social criticism is present.
Similar to the story Senderos, Ángel Porfirio Sánchez seeks with his writing to raise the cultural level of the Honduran people through the description and exposition of habits and beliefs.
References
- The novel in Honduras - mariogallardo.galeon.com
- Wikipedia - Literature of Honduras en.wikipedia.org
- Honduran literature literaturedehonduras.blogspot.com
- General Overview of Honduran Novelistics nacerenhonduras.com
- The historical novel by Central American authors - laprensa.hn
- La Tribuna - Notes on the writer Carlos Izaguirre latribuna.hn