Representacion realista o vision personal? Analisis de la objetividad de 'Los de abajo' de Mariano Azuela

Contrary to what many critics have claimed, Mariano Azuela's descriptions of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 in Los de abajo are objective. Although the writer did reflect his pessimistic ideologies in his writings, he didn't distort reality or denigrate the revolution and its participants. The weakness and impractical nature of the intellectuals in the novel are common problems among intellectual revolutionaries of that time. The behavior of the peasants in Los de abajo reflects the characteristics of all the peasant class and can find many similarities in the Chinese peasants during the Chinese Revolution. The failure of Demetrio Macías is not determined by the pessimistic vision of Mariano Azuela but by the limitations of all the entire peasant class and by the failure of the intellectuals to provide the revolutionaries with effective guidance.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Humanities

Grantor

Rice University

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Chen, Hao

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Delden, Maarten Van

• Latin American literature
• Language, literature and linguistics
• Mexico

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• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.

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spa

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https://hdl.handle.net/1911/103703

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oai:repository.rice.edu:1911/103703