Xavier Keogh

Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Portugal, Jose Alberto

Keywords

Juan Rulfo, Translation, Latin American Literature

Area of Concentration

General Studies

Abstract

This thesis consists of four main components. Primarily, it sets out to provide a translation for Juan Rulfo's two short stories "El dia del derrumbe" and "La herencia de Matilde Arcangel," both found in his collection of short stories, El llano en llamas. Secondly, it supplies a brief portrait of Rulfo, while incorporating the historical and political events that transpired in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century. Thirdly, it attempts to identify and study what can be called "Rulfo's world," while also exploring the themes and techniques present in El llano en llamas. And lastly, it provides a brief analysis on the two short stories that I translated in this thesis.

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