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The evolution of the epic genre through a comparative analysis of Juan Rulfo's Pedro Páramo and Tomás Rivera's Y no se lo tragó la tierra. The essay focuses on the utilization of the hero archetype and the redefinition of reality in these novels. Traditional epic forms are parodied, subverted, and transformed into unique styles that incorporate other genres.
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provincial life in Jalisco through the utilization of the hero archetype, popular
reality that transcends the boundaries of specific genres, such as the traditional epic
last generation of the tribe" (^) (280).
distance.(17)
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No matter how the novel is interpreted, the end result is failure: failure to act, to
repressed their true spirit.
actofreading. (105)
Mester, VoL xxii. No. 2 (Fali, 1993) & VoL (^) xxiii. No. 1 (Spring, (^) 1994) 67
y continuar^ under^ the^ worst^ conditions^ [so^ that^ their^ very^ strong
protect him to keep him working. A migrant worker? You owe
toldhim to leave. No investment. If he got sick, you got rid ofhim;
ali (^) that. (151)
style.
migrant child, the central protagonist, stands alone as the epic hero projection of his
development:
con aquello, todo con todo. Eso era. Eso era todo. Y le dio más gusto. (169)
Mester, Vol xxii, No. 2 (Fali, 1993) á Vol. xxiii. No. 1 (Spring, 1994) 69 true meaning of the word.^ I^ find^ it^ more^ practical^ comparing^ this^ unique^ genre^ with^ other fixed gerjes. For practical^ purposes,^ however,^1 will^ define^ the^ term^ novel^ from^ the^ vantage^ point that it mirrors contemporary reality with its diversity of speech, experience and constant
in the making, and therefore, it cannot be classified as a finished^ process.
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Literature, Culture, and Ideology. Ed. Héctor Calderón and José David Saldívar.
Spanish Studies Twentieth Century. 7 (1979): 279-296.
Publications, 1971. Rulfo, Juan. Pedro Páramo. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica, 1955.
University of Wisconsin Press, 1990.