VOLVER A SEPúLVEDA LEYTON: PARA UNA NUEVA NOVELA SOCIAL

this essay aims to revisit the production of a rather neglected chilean writer, carlos sepúlveda leyton (1895-1941). through the analyses of his novels hijuna and comrade, it argues that sepúlveda leyton is not just a transitional figure in chile’s social novel tradition; on the contrary, his work constitutes a radicalization of the social novel and as such it should deserved a more notorious position in chile’s literary historiography. finally, from the study of his work it emerges the need for a reconsideration of the traditional divisions between realism and avant-garde.