Mitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario

In this essay we analyze the process of mythification of the hero of the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, based on Jan Assmann’s (1992) theoretical approach to myth. First, we summarize the "official myth" created by the political discourse, answering the following questions: who transfor...

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Autores principales:	Doris Wieser, Martha Grizel Delgado Rodríguez
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Publicado:	Prof. Dr. Vittoria Borsò, Prof. Dr. Frank Leinen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yasmin Temelli, Prof. Dr. Guido Rings 2014
Materias:	pancho villa mythification mexican revolution cultural memory Language and Literature P
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:10b2a241ab3643f989e6191d631b2c602021-12-03T08:56:43ZMitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario10.23692/imex.5.72193-9756https://doaj.org/article/10b2a241ab3643f989e6191d631b2c602014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.imex-revista.com/mitificacion-de-pancho-villa/https://doaj.org/toc/2193-9756In this essay we analyze the process of mythification of the hero of the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, based on Jan Assmann’s (1992) theoretical approach to myth. First, we summarize the "official myth" created by the political discourse, answering the following questions: who transformed Pancho Villa into a myth, how did they do it and for what purposes? We will apply the concepts of Assmann, who distinguishes between "cold" and "hot" memories. We continue with a brief review of the representation of Pancho Villa in Mexican literature, exploring his "foundational" or "counter-presential" function, and finally we present the analysis of two Mexican novels of the 1990s: Escuadrón Guillotina (1991) by Guillermo Arriaga and Columbus (1996) by Ignacio Solares, a section in which we will concentrate mainly on analyzing in what sense these works confirm or contradict the "official myth".Doris WieserMartha Grizel Delgado RodríguezProf. Dr. Vittoria Borsò, Prof. Dr. Frank Leinen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yasmin Temelli, Prof. Dr. Guido Ringsarticlepancho villamythificationmexican revolutioncultural memoryLanguage and LiteraturePENESiMex. México Interdisciplinario/Interdisciplinary Mexico, Vol 3, Iss 5, Pp 109-126 (2014)
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description	In this essay we analyze the process of mythification of the hero of the Mexican Revolution, Pancho Villa, based on Jan Assmann’s (1992) theoretical approach to myth. First, we summarize the "official myth" created by the political discourse, answering the following questions: who transformed Pancho Villa into a myth, how did they do it and for what purposes? We will apply the concepts of Assmann, who distinguishes between "cold" and "hot" memories. We continue with a brief review of the representation of Pancho Villa in Mexican literature, exploring his "foundational" or "counter-presential" function, and finally we present the analysis of two Mexican novels of the 1990s: Escuadrón Guillotina (1991) by Guillermo Arriaga and Columbus (1996) by Ignacio Solares, a section in which we will concentrate mainly on analyzing in what sense these works confirm or contradict the "official myth".
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title	Mitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario
title_short	Mitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario
title_full	Mitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario
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publisher	Prof. Dr. Vittoria Borsò, Prof. Dr. Frank Leinen, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yasmin Temelli, Prof. Dr. Guido Rings
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Mitificación de Pancho Villa: Un recorrido cultural y literario

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