Since I know Castillian but not Gallego, I didn't understand every word, but Gilkison was comparing Isabel Allende's De amor y de sombra with the ideal romance as outlined by Janice Radway in order to determine whether or not De amor y de sombra shares features with a romance novel. One difference noted by Gilkison is the nature of the hero, but I'd argue this reflects Radway's corpus rather than being an indication that the hero is unsuitable or unusual in a romance. From the description given here, he's more of a beta hero.
Since I know Castillian but not Gallego, I didn't understand every word, but Gilkison was comparing Isabel Allende's De amor y de sombra with the ideal romance as outlined by Janice Radway in order to determine whether or not De amor y de sombra shares features with a romance novel. One difference noted by Gilkison is the nature of the hero, but I'd argue this reflects Radway's corpus rather than being an indication that the hero is unsuitable or unusual in a romance. From the description given here, he's more of a beta hero.