ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the cultural and literary trajectory which contextualises the transferral of the predominantly nineteenth-century gauchesque literary genre to the 1930s gauchesque radio serial. The identification of the gaucho as el gran Don Quijote Criollo establishes a link between the Spanish and Argentine literary traditions. Gonzá lez Pulido draws on both gaucho literary traditions for his gauchesque radio series. Giraldes's coming-of-age story garnered immense popularity upon publication and has retained its status as one of the classics of the gauchesque literary genre. In the novel, the young Fabio Cceres finds his identity within the lifestyle of a working gaucho under the guidance of his mentor Don Segundo. The idealisation of the gaucho in cultural production reaches epic proportions in the portrayal of the two gaucho heroes of the Chispazos de tradició n: series. The radio work of Gonzá lez Pulido in the 1930s represents the culmination of an alternative path which has been largely overlooked.
