Voices of mexico 59 taken precautions, acquiring huge quantities of tickets. Retrieved april 12, arreola s ingenious tale exudes a very mexican flavor, but above all else it is a universal statement on the existential humans precarious place in the world. His collection of stories confabulario 1952 has been reprinted in several expanded editions and was. The short story was originally published as a guardagujssa word created in spanish by arreola, inin the collection confabulario and other inventions. Juan jose arreola owes his reputation to his short stories, even though he has also published a novel, two plays, and many essays. In 1963, he received the xavier villaurrutia prize. Download biografia juan jose arreola pdf free miradwyn. Arreola is recognized as one of the first latin american writers to abandon realism. The short story was originally published as a confabulario, a word created in spanish by arreola, in 1952, in the collection confabulario and other inventions. Another episode involves a trainload of energetic passengers who became heroes absurd heroes in camusian terms when they disassembled their train, carried it across a bridgeless chasm, and reassembled it on the other side in wl to complete their journey. Hailed as mexicos premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century.
Wisely or not, he restrains himself from taking the last step into that area of satire which goya, with bizarre savagery, peopled with manbeasts as terrifying coonfabulario his mind could summon. Three years later arreola received a scholarship to study in paris, where he may well have read these highly acclaimed essays. The switchman on one level the story operates as a satire on the mexican transportation system, while on another the railroad is an analogy for the hopeless absurdity of the human condition. Juan jose arreola zuniga september 21, december 3, was a mexican writer in, arreola published confabulario, widely considered to be his first great work. En 1934 escribio sus tres primeros textos literarios. A stranded railroad traveler waits for months to board a train that never arrives, only to discover that schedules, routes, and even the landscapes seen from the windows of railroad cars. His bestknown and most anthologized tale, the switchman exemplifies his taste for humor, satire, fantasy, and philosophical themes. Jan 23, 2019 juan jose arreolas most popular book is confabulario.
His collection of stories confabulario 1952 has been reprinted in several expanded. Juan jose arreola, jill hartley, dulce maria zuniga. Entre 1926 y 1929 desarrollo sus estudios basicos en su ciudad natal. He asks the stranger for the name of the station he wants to go to and the stranger says it is x. Juan jose arreola arreola, juan jose short story criticism. He is considered mexicos premier experimental short story writer of the twentieth century. In 1959 he was the founding director of the casa del lago, the first offcampus cultural center of the national autonomous university of mexico, now called the casa del lago juan jose arreola. Juan jose arreola has 70 books on goodreads with ratings.
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