include colombian jorge isaacs 's ''mar a'' ecuadorian juan le n mera 's ''cumand '' brazilian euclides da cunha 's ''os sert es'' works still bedrocks national canons usually mandatory elements high school curricula important works th century latin american literature include regional classics jos hern ndez 's epic poem ''mart n fierro'' story poor gaucho drafted fight frontier war indians ''mart n fierro'' example gauchesque argentine genre poetry centered around lives gauchos literary movements nineteenth
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