El gallo de oro

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El gallo de oro is a posthumously published novella by Mexican writer Juan Rulfo that blends rural folklore, fate, and violence in the story of a poor town crier whose life changes after acquiring a fighting rooster.

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instanceOf literary work
novella
adaptationCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
adaptationLanguage Spanish
adaptationTitle El gallo de oro (1964 film) NERFINISHED
El gallo de oro (2023 TV series) NERFINISHED
adaptedAs film
television series
author Juan Rulfo NERFINISHED
centralMotif fighting rooster
containsElement cockfighting
rural folklore
countryOfOrigin Mexico
culturalContext Mexican rural culture
genre Mexican literature
novella
hasApproximateLength short novel
hasAuthorNationality Mexican
hasCharacter Bernarda Cutiño NERFINISHED
Lorenzo Benavides NERFINISHED
hasForm single-volume work
hasInfluenceOn Mexican narrative fiction
literaryMovement Latin American literature
literaryPeriod 20th century literature
literaryStyle concise prose
symbolic narrative
mainCharacter Dionisio Pinzón NERFINISHED
narrativeForm prose
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalLanguage Spanish
plotDevice gambling on cockfights
protagonistOccupation town crier
publicationStatus posthumous
publisherCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByAuthor El Llano en llamas NERFINISHED
Pedro Páramo NERFINISHED
setting rural Mexico
theme ambition
chance and luck
fate
rural poverty
violence

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Juan Rulfo wrote El gallo de oro