Charting Revolution (1)

 

 

Some Tripos questions to consider for this topic:

 

1.     “Narrative dislocation is an inevitable result of the attempt to map social upheaval and revolution in literature.” Discuss with reference to AT LEAST TWO works.

 

2.     Give an account of the rôle of class difference in the Mexican revolution. You may refer to literature dealing with the revolution OR to the history of the period OR BOTH.

 

3.     “Violence, whether revolutionary or otherwise, destroys identity and language, which in turn engenders violence.” Discuss with reference to TWO works.

 

4.     “Those who control language control power: this is why texts about revolution, poverty, or violence must call into question their own status as literature.” Discuss with reference to TWO OR MORE works.

 

 

 

Primary and Secondary Bibliography for Charting Revolution (1)

 

 

Adler Hellman, Judith. Mexico in Crisis. New York: Holmes and Meier; London: Heinemann Educational, 1978. [For historical background.]

Bazant, Jan. A concise history of Mexico: from Hidalgo to Cárdenas, 1805-1940. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1977. [For historical background.]

Gilly, Adolfo. La revolución interrumpida. México, D.F.: El Caballito, 1971. Trans. as The Mexican Revolution. London: Verso, 1983. [For historical background.]

Peavler, Terry J. El texto en llamas: el arte narrativo de Juan Rulfo. University of Texas studies in contemporary Spanish-American fiction #1. New York: P. Lang, 1988

Portal, Marta. Rulfo: dinámica de la violencia. Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, Instituto de Cooperación Iberoamericana, 1984.

Rowe, William. Rulfo: El llano en llamas. Critical guides to Spanish texts #45. London: Grant & Cutler in association with Tamesis, 1987.

Rulfo, Juan. El llano en llamas. Ed. Carlos Blanco Aguinaga. Letras Hispánicas #218. Madrid: Cátedra, 1985 (1953).