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What is the title of Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi's 1816 picaresque novel, considered the first novel written and published in Latin America, following the adventures of a roguish protagonist through colonial society?
Answer: El Periquillo Sarniento — 'The Mangy Parrot' was published serially while the author was in jail for his journalism, and its satirical critique of colonial society established the novel as a moral instrument.
- A El Periquillo Sarniento ✓
- B La Quijotita y su prima
- C Don Catrin de la Fachenda
- D Noches tristes y dia alegre
'The Mangy Parrot' was published serially while the author was in jail for his journalism, and its satirical critique of colonial society established the novel as a moral instrument.