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La imagen del agua en Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo, “Chac Mool”, de Carlos Fuentes y Duerme, de Carmen Boullosa: la corporeidad de una identidad líquida
La imagen del agua en Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo, “Chac Mool”, de Carlos Fuentes y Duerme, de Carmen Boullosa: la corporeidad de una identidad líquida
Authors
Ayala-Gilot, Yelitza
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Advisor
Girón-Alvarado, Jacqueline
College
College of Arts and Sciences - Arts
Department
Department of Hispanic Studies
Degree Level
M.A.
Publisher
Date
2010
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the “metaphorization” of the image of
water as a possible cultural Mexican identity. To this end, I use the characteristic elements of
the metaphor and the expositions of several experts in the postmodern and postcolonial
theories. Throughout this analysis I verify that, in literature, it is possible to find diverse
points of view that complement and complete the official History. Mexican literary works,
such as Pedro Páramo, Juan Rulfo's novel, "Chac Mool", a short story written by Carlos
Fuentes, and Duerme, a novel by Carmen Boullosa, present different visions of the Mexican
world as alternatives to the loss of an official inclusive History. In their works, one discovers
how the Mexican identity connects with the native roots of the Aztec or Mayan, narrowly
joined by the liquid element of water, to represent the complete and essential identity of the
Mexican people. The selected works demonstrate how the natives define their existence
through the distinguishing characteristics of the resource of water. This can be interpreted as
a metaphor of the being, in the essence of the Indian presented in the works that also describe
how a modern identity unlike the native one was constructed since it was built on the
foundation of the natural sacred elements for the indigenous cultures.
Keywords
Metaforización,
Identidad mexicana
Identidad mexicana
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Ayala-Gilot, Y. (2010). La imagen del agua en Pedro Páramo, de Juan Rulfo, “Chac Mool”, de Carlos Fuentes y Duerme, de Carmen Boullosa: la corporeidad de una identidad líquida [Thesis]. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/790