Latin American Literature and Dictators

[rayancaleb]

Hello,



I was reading a Portuguese review of Mario Vargas Llosa's The Feast of the Goat, and at one point it mentions that Latin American literature has a tradition of a literature of dictators. Llosa's novel is about real-life Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo.



Ithought this was an interesting observation. Immediately I searched in my memory for more examples: Miguel ?ngel Asturias' The President; Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez' The Autumn of the Patriarch; Alejo Carpentier's The Kingdom of this World.



But four cases don't make a tradition, so I was wondering, can we find more examples? Can We really speak of a literature of dictators in Latin America? If so, why? Europe has also had many dictators but it doesn't have such tradition. Why not?



I think this is something that would be worth discussing.



Please Help.



Thanks !



I didn't find the right solution from the internet.



References:



www.worldliteratureforum.com/forum/showthread.php/35340-Latin-American-Literature-and-Dictators



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