Mexican Masks: Identity and Performativity in "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz" by Carlos Fuentes
Description
In "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz" fractured narrative voices ponder on the post-revolutionary national identity of Mexico. The metaphor of masks is prevalent, as the characters wear masks to perform national ideals. Implicitly and explicitly, the characters' masks assemble the constructions of national identity, like pieces of a cubist puzzle.
Location
Grissom Hall, Room 126
Start Date
3-5-2016 9:00 AM
End Date
3-5-2016 9:30 AM
Recommended Citation
Vallejo, Ricardo Quintana, "Mexican Masks: Identity and Performativity in "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz" by Carlos Fuentes" (2016). Purdue Linguistics, Literature, and Second Language Studies Conference. 1.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/plcc/purduelanguagesandculturesconference2016/LITSessionTwo/1
Mexican Masks: Identity and Performativity in "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz" by Carlos Fuentes
Grissom Hall, Room 126
In "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz" fractured narrative voices ponder on the post-revolutionary national identity of Mexico. The metaphor of masks is prevalent, as the characters wear masks to perform national ideals. Implicitly and explicitly, the characters' masks assemble the constructions of national identity, like pieces of a cubist puzzle.