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The purpose of this study is to analyze Adalberto Ortiz' Juyungo and Jorge Icaza's Huasipungo in order to determine specific narrative devices used by the authors. These novels embody the fundamental themes of the human predicament in Ecuador: social injustice, class consciousness, and social morality. Several artistic techniques are analyzed, including: interior monologue, simile, anaphora, reiteration, rhyme, rhythm, and language, among others.
This dissertation contributes to the body of research on the study of the native American and the African in Ecuador's multiracial society. The first chapter provides a brief biographical background which establishes the bond that exists between each novelist and his novel. Chapter II concentrates on narrative techniques and themes. Chapter III studies form and structure. The fourth embraces a synopsis and analysis of each novel's major characters. The final chapter summarizes the similarities and differences of the novels being studied.