"Araibar zalduna" tradizioan sustraiturik (Eusebio Erkiagararen mendeurren-jardunaldia)

Abstract

Eusebio Erkiaga’s novel Araibar zalduna (1962) has its roots in tradition. Using techniques honed by novelists over half a century, it presents us with what was a well­known world­view. However, there is a new component: he tackles a topic the tradition had kept hidden away. He places the main character in a city. What is not exemplary dominates the story: this occurs with the main character’s nature and the language used to tell the story. These components were enough to anger some Basque enthusiasts of the time: it seems they considered that the decorum shown by the Basque novel until then was being abandoned.