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Venezuela Heroica
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Wikipedia article
'Venezuela Heroica: Cuadros histricos' is a Venezuelan novel. It was written by Eduardo Blanco and published in 1881, with an expanded second edition in 1883. It is Blanco's main work, and presents a classic romantic view of history as an epic. 'Venezuela heroica' is structured in five vignettes that depict the main battles and heroes of the Venezuelan War of Independence. It was from General Jos Antonio Pez himself that Blanco heard the stories of the Battle of Carabobo, during an encounter with Marshal Juan Crisstomo Falcn to end the Federal War (18591863) near the site of the battle. Pez was so moved from his memories of youth, the anecdote goes, that he could not stop telling his aide (Blanco) the details of the battle. It was Falcn who then told Blanco "you are listening to the 'Iliad' from the very lips of Achilles".
Structure
The first edition is structured in five vignettes that depict the most memorable battles, those of La Victoria, San Mateo, Las Queseras del Medio, Boyac and Carabobo. It was from General Jos Antonio Pez himself that Blanco heard the stories of the Battle of Carabobo, during an encounter with Marshal Juan Crisstomo Falcn to end the Federal War (18591863) near the site of the battle. Pez was so moved from his memories of youth, the anecdote goes, that he could not stop telling his aide (Blanco) the details of the battle. It was Falcn who then told Blanco "you are listening to the 'Iliad' from the very lips of Achilles".
In the second edition, six further battles have been added: Sitio de Valencia de Venezuela, Maturn, La invasin de los Seiscientos, La Casa Fuerte, San Flix and Matasiete.
'Venezuela Heroica' is written in prose. It is a story about the countrys emancipation in which the author uses his skill to portray the bloody war while paying tribute for the deeds of those who successfully and unrelentingly fought for Venezuelan freedom.
Genre
Romanticism
All the critics and historians of Venezuelan literature agree that 'Venezuela Heroica' is a work with clear romantic characteristics. The style is subjective and Blanco bases the narrative events in the world of historic Venezuelan facts. By using a revealing and exciting tone and also expressive devices, his intention is to impact the reader and amongst other things, to justify the work being considered an declaration of literary Venezuelan romance.The epic
The epic tone of Venezuela Heroica succeeds through the use of wide coverage of space and time and lyrically with its basis of comparisons, epiphanies, hyperboles and other devices. The wideness in space succeeds by highlighting the heroes in relation to the people around them. Each hero is portrayed in relation to their own environment with interactions between them and other heroes. As regards the development of time, the events are often magnified through comparison with specific facts from the past, from antiquity or the Middle Ages, and this contributes to give a greater dimension.Crema, Edoardo. Interpretaciones Crticas de Literatura venezolana. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas.References
*Barnola, Pedro Pablo. Eduardo Blanco, creador de la novela venezolana. Tipografa Vargas, S.A. Caracas. 1963.
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