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- Title
The Existential Juan Rulfo: Pedro Páramo, Mexicanness, and the Grupo Hiperión.
- Authors
Merrim, Stephanie
- Abstract
A literary criticism is offered for the 1955 book "Pedro Páramo" by Mexican writer and photographer Juan Rulfo. Topics discussed include existentialism in the book, the concept of Mexicanness, or Mexican identity, and the possible influence of the Grupo Hiperión, a group of Mexican existentialists, on the book.
- Subjects
RULFO, Juan, 1918-1986; PEDRO Paramo (Book : Rulfo); EXISTENTIALISM in literature; EXISTENTIALISM; IDENTITY (Psychology) in literature; ETHNIC identity of Mexicans; 20TH century Mexican literature; MEXICAN authors; SOCIETIES
- Publication
MLN, 2014, Vol 129, Issue 2, p308
- ISSN
0026-7910
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/mln.2014.0019