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- Title
Into the Chilean Mines: The Dialectics of Land and Work in Baldomero Lillo's Sub terra.
- Authors
Fraser, Benjamin
- Abstract
This article presents a literary criticism of the book "Sub terra," by Baldomero Lillo. The author outlines Lillo's social critique of the conditions faced by Chilean miners at the turn of the 20th century. He also highlights the naturalistic elements in the work, including the use of metaphor to introduce the earth and the mines as actives characters in the novel.
- Subjects
CHILE; SUB terra (Book); LILLO, Baldomero; SOCIAL criticism in literature; MINES &; mineral resources in literature; METAPHOR in literature; LITERARY characters
- Publication
Contracorriente: Una Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos, 2012, Vol 9, Issue 2, p248
- ISSN
1548-7083
- Publication type
Literary Criticism