Abstract
This project intends to analyze the novel Soledad, by Bartolomé Mitre, on the premise that the work was important for the affirmation and consolidation of Bolivian national identity. The background of this novel is the post-independence period (1826) of Alto Peru's colony, now Bolivia, and it was written in 1847, past the end of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1835-1839). Our main hypoth…