Abstract
This article examines the presence of discursive and symbolic patterns from Hispanic oral tradition in one of the most significant narratives of the Mexican Revolution, Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho (1931). With a view to offering a subjective, community and regionalist picture of the fights between villistas and carrancistas in the north of Mexico, the author decided to reproduce stories passed on to her by relatives and neighbours, thus creating a deeply polyphonic and testimonial tale. Hence, orality gives shape to a text where the dialogue with literary forms of the Mexican folklore is highly discernible. Particularly relevant is the dialogue maintained by Cartucho with such an outstanding expression of the ballad tradition as the corrido , which is incorporated into the prose through direct quotation, as well as through the reproduction of its typical language and poetics.
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the dialogue maintained by Cartucho with such an outstanding expression
which is incorporated into the prose through direct quotation
Fecha de recepción: 20 de abril de 2012 Fecha de aceptación: 26 de febrero de 2013
Summary
RESUMEN Este trabajo examina la presencia de estrategias discursivas y representacionales propias de la tradición oral hispánica en uno de los testimonios más sobresalientes del ciclo narrativo de la Revolución Mexicana como es Cartucho (1931), de Nellie Campobello. En su voluntad de ofrecer una visión subjetiva, comunitaria y regionalista de las luchas entre villistas y carrancistas en el norte de México, la autora optó por reproducir historias que le habían sido transmitidas por familiares y vecinos, dando con ello lugar a un relato marcadamente polifónico y testimonial. Palabras clave: Cartucho, Narrativas de la Revolución Mexicana, Tradición Oral, Literatura Popular, Corrido. SUMMARY This article examines the presence of discursive and symbolic patterns from Hispanic oral tradition in one of the most significant narratives of the Mexican Revolution, Nellie Campobello’s Cartucho (1931).
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