The Latin word tellus came into our language as telluric. It is an adjective that is used to describe what is linked to the planet Earth or tellurism (concept that refers to the influence that the soil of a region has on the people who inhabit it).
The tremor idea, therefore, refers to an earthquake, seismo or seismo. This phenomenon occurs when a geological fault breaks or when friction occurs at the edges of a tectonic plate. An earthquake can also be caused by the eruption of a volcano or even by human action (such as the explosion of an underground bomb).
These events cause energy to be released (which takes the form of seismic waves) and cause the Earth’s crust to shake violently. The telluric movements, in this way, make the Earth tremble and different types of damage can be produced on the surface (from the collapse of buildings to the breaking of the pavement of the streets, to name just a few possibilities). On the other hand, a telluric planet is qualified as one that is composed mainly of silicates (a class of minerals). Telluric planets differ from gas planets, which are composed of gases in different states of aggregation. Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury are terrestrial planets. The idea of telluric, on the other hand, is used in the field of music to describe compositions, genres or rhythms typical of a certain land. In realist literature the idea of the telluric novel often appears, although to understand its meaning it is necessary to contextualize it a bit. After literary romanticism came costumbrismo, and among its most striking features is a special attention to customs and picturesque landscapes, as well as a particularly critical view of the social environment of the time. Between the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, this movement coexisted with Realism and Modernism. In this case, we are interested in Realism, which first appeared in France in the 1830s to oppose Romanticism, as a way of seeking a faithful reproduction of the society of the time, as it arrived in Latin America, more specifically to Colombia, around fifty years. later, along with Modernism. The stories written at that time expose various problems of a political and social nature, which have negatively affected the people, and narrate the struggle of the people in realistic and unadorned scenarios that seek to smooth the edges.
This social realism did not create heroes, but shaped the lives of ordinary people; nor did he retouch the landscapes to make them more pleasant. In addition, the action of each character was one of the fundamental points and to which the editors of these texts paid most attention, many of which were presented in narrative prose. Most of the novels produced in these decades in Latin America fall into the category of terrestrial or telluric novel. Therefore, we can say that the telluric novel is a narrative in which nature is shown as a grandiose entity that the human being is not capable of dominating, and this alludes to the need for freedom that many people felt at that time. , to a struggle to break the chains of the culture of Europe and the oppression of rational laws, which caused so much damage in pursuit of the supposed evolution of the species, without thinking about the true needs, without respecting the limits or thinking about the consequences.
