3. With the arrival of the Spanish a new era of the literature
was produced in New Spain (Spanish conquest of the
Aztec Empire). While the native Mexicans developed
systems of writing, these were not often used to
preserve the literature of these peoples. Most of the
myths and literary works of the indigenous peoples of
Mexico were transmitted by oral tradition. Some of these
productions were permanently fixed by writing them
dwn using the Latin alphabet that the missionaries of
the 16th century used to transcribe the information they
received from the native inhabitants.
4. .
The influence of indigenous themes in the
literature of New Spain i evident in the
incorporation of many terms commonly
used in the common local tongue of the
people in colonial Mexico as well as some
of the topics touched in the works of the
period which reflected local views and
cultures.
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In the 17th century flourished the Baroque
Literature. Many of the known authors raided
century varying success in the field of literary
games, with works like anagrams, emblems and
mazes. There were notable authors in poetry,
lyric, narrative and drama. The Baroque literature
in New Spain followed the rivers of Spanish
writers Góngora and Quevedo.
6. WRITERS OF INDEPENDENT MEXICO
(19TH CENTURY)
DUE TO THE POLITICAL INSTABILITY OF
THE 19TH CENTURY, MEXICO—ALREADY AN
INDEPENDENT NATION—SAW A DECLINE
NOT ONLY IN ITS LITERATURE BUT IN THE
OTHER ARTS AS WELL. DURING THE 19TH
CENTURY THERE WERE THREE MAJOR
LITERARY TRENDS: ROMANTICISM,
REALISM-NATURALISM AND MODERNISM.
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7. THE INCEPTION OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
FAVORED THE GEOWTH OF THE JOURNALISTIC GENRE.
ONCE THE CIVIL CONFLICT ENDED, THE THEME OF THE
REVOLUTION APPEARED AS A THEME IN NOVELS,
STORIES AND PLAYS , THIS TENDENCY WOULD
ANTICIPATE THE FLOWERING OF A NATIONALIST
LITERATURE; THERE ALSO APPEARED ON THE SCENE
"INDIGENOUS LITERATURE" WHICH PURPOSED TO
DEPICT THE LIFE AND THOUGHT OF THE INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE OF MEXICO, ALTHOUGH, IRONICALLY, NONE OF
TE AUTHORS OF THIS MOVEMENT WERE INDIGENOUS.
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8. UNTIL THE MID-1940S THRE WERE AUTHORS
WHO CONTINUED REALISTIC NARRATIVE,
BUT ALSO REACHED THEIR PEAK THE
INDIGENOUS NOVEL AND REFLECTIONS
INVOLVED AROUND ON SELF AND NATIONAL
CULTURE. IN THIS DECADE, IT BEGAN WHAT
WE CALL "CONTEMPORARY MEXICAN
NOVEL" INCORPORATING INNOVATIVE
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10. THE EMERGENCE OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION
FAVORED THE DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISTIC
GENRE. AFTER THE CIVIL CONFLICT FINISHED, THE
REVOLUTION THEME APPEARED AS A THEME IN MANY
NOVELS, SHORT STORIES AND PLAYS. THIS TREND
WOULD BE AN ANTECEDENT FOR THE FLOWERING OF
'REVOLUTIONARY LITERATURE', WHICH WAS EMBODIED
IN THE WORK OF WRITERS LIKE JUAN RULFO. A
LITERATURE OF INDIGENOUS THEMES, WHICH AIMED
TO PORTRAY THE THOUGHTS AND LIFE OF THE
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF MEXICO SURGED ALONG
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11. DURING THE HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY,
MEXICAN LITERATURE HAS DIVERSIFIED INTO
THEMES, STYLES AND GENRES. THESE NEW
GROUPS SOUGH FOR AN URBAN, SATIRICAL
AND REBELLIOUS LITERATURE; ANOTHER
LITERARY STYLE SURGED CALLED
INFRARREALISMO WHICH SOUGHT TO "BLOW
HIS BRAINS OUT OF THE OFFICIAL CULTURE"
AND WAS COMPOSED BY CARLOS FUENTES
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12. •POETRY: MEXICAN POETRY HAS A
RICH HISTORY, WITH NOTABLE
POETS SUCH AS OCTAVIO PAZ, WHO
WON THE NOBEL PRIZE IN
LITERATURE IN 1990. OTHER
PROMINENT MEXICAN POETS
INCLUDE SOR JUANA INÉS DE LA
CRUZ, MANUEL ACUÑA, AND
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13. •DRAMA: MEXICAN DRAMA HAS BEEN
INFLUENCED BY BOTH INDIGENOUS
TRADITIONS AND EUROPEAN STYLES. ONE
RENOWNED MEXICAN PLAYWRIGHT IS
EMILIO CARBALLIDO, KNOWN FOR HIS
WORKS SUCH AS "THE GUARDIANS" AND
"ROSA DE DOS AROMAS." ANOTHER
NOTABLE PLAYWRIGHT IS SABINA BERMAN,
WHO HAS EXPLORED CONTEMPORARY
SOCIAL ISSUES IN HER PLAYS.
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14. •FICTION: MEXICAN FICTION HAS PRODUCED
MANY CELEBRATED AUTHORS. JUAN RULFO'S
NOVEL "PEDRO PÁRAMO" IS CONSIDERED A
MASTERPIECE OF MAGICAL REALISM. OTHER
RENOWNED MEXICAN AUTHORS INCLUDE
LAURA ESQUIVEL ("LIKE WATER FOR
CHOCOLATE"), CARLOS FUENTES ("THE
DEATH OF ARTEMIO CRUZ"), AND ELENA
PONIATOWSKA ("THE NIGHT OF
TLATELOLCO").
15. •NON-FICTION: MEXICO HAS A RICH TRADITION OF
NON-FICTION WRITING, PARTICULARLY IN THE
AREAS OF HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
NOTABLE NON-FICTION AUTHORS INCLUDE
OCTAVIO PAZ, WHO WROTE EXTENSIVELY ON
MEXICAN CULTURE AND POLITICS, AND CARLOS
MONSIVÁIS, KNOWN FOR HIS ESSAYS ON
MEXICAN SOCIETY. ADDITIONALLY,
ANTHROPOLOGIST MIGUEL LEÓN-PORTILLA IS
RENOWNED FOR HIS RESEARCH ON INDIGENOUS
CULTURES.
16. •INDIGENOUS LITERATURE: MEXICO IS HOME
TO A DIVERSE RANGE OF INDIGENOUS
GROUPS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE THEIR OWN
RICH LITERARY TRADITIONS. NAHUATL
POETRY, FOR EXAMPLE, HAS EXISTED FOR
CENTURIES AND CONTINUES TO BE
CELEBRATED. ONE NOTABLE NAHUATL POET
IS NEZAHUALCOYOTL, WHO LIVED IN THE
15TH CENTURY
17. •LITERARY ORGANIZATIONS: MEXICO HAS
SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO
PROMOTING LITERATURE AND
SUPPORTING WRITERS. THE MEXICAN
ACADEMY OF LANGUAGE, THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL FOR CULTURE AND ARTS, AND
THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FINE ARTS
ARE AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN FOSTERING THE LITERARY
ARTS IN THE COUNTRY.
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18. TRIVIA
• Kids in Mexico don't get presents on Christmas
• Did you know that kids in Mexico usually don't get their
Christmas gifts until January 6th? This is when Dia de Reyes takes
place, otherwise known as "Three Kings Day." The holiday is in
honor of the date when the Three Wise Men supposedly gifted
Jesus with presents, according to the Christian religion. In
contemporary times, more and more households are now
following the tradition of giving gifts to kids on December 24th as
Mexico continues to grow more urbanized and secular.
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