An unending travel to the past. Juan Villoro by El testigo
Keywords:
poet, witness, desert, México, violence.
Abstract
Juan Villoro transforms writing and life of the Mexican poet Ramón López Velarde in the El testigo's plot. El testigo is a metafiction that reflects about Mexican literature and culture. Julio Valdivieso comes to his country and follows the poet's steps. He finishes finding himself. The future seems a travel to the pass. The novel rescue the value of the province as nation's metaphor. Julio, a sort of Juan Preciado, accept the destruction of archives and the impossibility of witness. His fate is the desert among dead and violence.Format
Crossmark
Published
2017-12-20
How to Cite
Perilli, C. (2017). An unending travel to the past. Juan Villoro by El testigo. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 46, 313-323. https://doi.org/10.5209/ALHI.58461
Section
Miscelaneous
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