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INTRODUCTION
The Feast of the Goat is a classic example of a historical account of the tragedies of the Dominican Republic under the 30 year long dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, and the fact that under his rule the Dominican people spent a life of oppression. According to Vargas, the writer of the novel, the Feast of the Goat is based on real facts and that the characters used are mostly fictional. So, it means that the events were real and are presented as they historically accrued. This reminds one of the Oscar wining movie Titanic, which was also based on real facts regarding the sinking of the ship that was considered unsinkable.
Except for the characters of Jack and Rose Dawson, the rest of the events in the movie were based on real historical facts. Similarly, we have the example of writers like Naseem Hijazi, who was also known for historical novels primarily based on Islamic history. Hence, the same is the case in the novel The Feast of the Goat. The character of Urania might be fictional but the events in the novel are based on historical facts.
Mario Vargas Llosa is a Peruian novelist born in 1936. He was awarded Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010. Alongside Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes and Julio Cortazar, he is considered among major canons of Latin American boom. Mario Vargas Llosa married Julia Urquidi while studying at National University of San Marcos. While in mean time he was doing seven at a time to earn his living. In 1959 he received scholarship from Complutense University Madrid where he obtained a PhD. His literary career came to a breakthrough when he moved to Paris. After the publication of his first novel “The Time of the Hero”, he received a wide acclaim as a novelist.
Throughout his life he remained as an active political activist and supported Cuba Revolution but soon became disenchanted of it. His political views moved from left towards right-wing liberalism. In the following years Mario continued to produce to internationally acclaimed works of fiction and non-fiction including Conversation in the Cathedral (1969), Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (1977), The War of the End of the World (1981), The Feast of the Goat (2000), The...