Juan José Arreola | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 23 pages of analysis & critique of Juan José Arreola.

Juan José Arreola | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 23 pages of analysis & critique of Juan José Arreola.
This section contains 5,526 words
(approx. 19 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the Critical Essay by Theda M. Herz

SOURCE: “Artistic Iconoclasm in Mexico: Countertexts of Arreola, Agustín, Avilés and Hiriart,” in Chasqui, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, May, 1989, pp. 17–25.

In the following essay, Herz considers Arreola's influence on Mexican writers José Agustín, René Avilés Fabila, and Hugo Hiriart.

A la virtut presente, mester de clerecía, y a la belleza toda, mester de juglaría. El tiempo es poco y pasa, y a la receta mía sigamos con mesteres, ca son de arreolería.

Jorge Arturo Ojeda, Mester

In 1963, Luis Leal proclaimed that “el desarrollo del cuento mexicano contemporáneo puede dividirse en dos etapas: antes y después de Arreola y Rulfo.”1 Many aspiring, young writers, including José Agustín, Homero Aridjis, René Avilés Fabila, Gerardo de la Torre, Hugo Hiriart, Jorge Arturo Ojeda and Juan Tovar, made their publishing debut in Mester: Revista del taller literario de Juan José Arreola...

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This section contains 5,526 words
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Buy the Critical Essay by Theda M. Herz
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