El colonialismo y la naturaleza humana en Curipamba de Ángel Felicísimo Rojas

Abstract

This degree work has been carried out with the intention of investigating, knowing and determining the social nature of the work of Ángel Felicísimo Rojas by reading the novel Curipamba. This literary work must be considered as a social complaint that describes labor exploitation and its adverse consequences of the needy and oppressed miners of Curipamba, allegorical description of Portovelo, canton belonging to the province of Gold. The anomalies and irregularities caused by the Foreign mining company “The Goldmining Company” in Curipamba (Portovelo). The causes and negative consequences of the excessive ambition of corrupt officials are established. The power is evidenced in foreigners who have no fear or pain of pain and injustice of others. All this happens in a story in which mining becomes the main form of legitimization of colonialism. The formation of the Mining Union that supports the needs of the workers is detailed and the outcome is a message of hope and progress