Pedro Páramo (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Juan Rulfo
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological symbolism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Magical Realism, Fantasy
- Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Rural or country life, Guilt, Native Americans or American Indians, Fate or fatalism, Catholics or Catholic Church, Mexico or Mexicans, Ghost towns, Ethnology
- Locales: Jalisco, Mexico
Places Discussed
*Jalisco (hah-LEES-koh). West-central Mexican state in which Rulfo grew up and which he used as a backdrop in most of his work. Rulfo also produced numerous photographs of the area, which vividly portray its people and places, as do his writings. Rulfo’s laconic writing style imitates the speech patterns of the region. He depicts the pessimism and despair he felt about much of rural Mexico as it lost residents to better jobs in the cities and across the U.S. border.
Comala. Fictionalized version of a real Mexican town in the state of Colima, not far...
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