This document discusses Mexican traditions, culture, and history. It provides background on the author Laura Esquivel and analyzes her novel Malinche. Some key traditions discussed include mariachi music, Las Posadas celebrations in December, and Dia de los Muertos. Current environmental issues in Mexico are also outlined. The novel Malinche tells the story of the indigenous woman Malinalli who served as a translator between the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs.
Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time / Reflexiones tras el Espejo Convexo del Tiempo: Poems in Remembrance of the Spanish Civil War / Poemas en Recuerdo de la Guerra Civil Española
This document discusses Mexican traditions, culture, and history. It provides background on the author Laura Esquivel and analyzes her novel Malinche. Some key traditions discussed include mariachi music, Las Posadas celebrations in December, and Dia de los Muertos. Current environmental issues in Mexico are also outlined. The novel Malinche tells the story of the indigenous woman Malinalli who served as a translator between the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs.
This document discusses Mexican traditions, culture, and history. It provides background on the author Laura Esquivel and analyzes her novel Malinche. Some key traditions discussed include mariachi music, Las Posadas celebrations in December, and Dia de los Muertos. Current environmental issues in Mexico are also outlined. The novel Malinche tells the story of the indigenous woman Malinalli who served as a translator between the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs.
This document discusses Mexican traditions, culture, and history. It provides background on the author Laura Esquivel and analyzes her novel Malinche. Some key traditions discussed include mariachi music, Las Posadas celebrations in December, and Dia de los Muertos. Current environmental issues in Mexico are also outlined. The novel Malinche tells the story of the indigenous woman Malinalli who served as a translator between the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes and the Aztecs.
¨ This paper is a close analysis of the story entitled
Malinche by Laura Esquivel. This paper includes
culture,tradition and belief of Mexico. Current issues /situations,background of the author . The genre of literary work and literary elements, also include the ten words (10) and literary meaning biographical,linguistic ,socio cultural context and lastly it includes the conclusion and the reference . ¨ A colourful mariachi band might come to mind. Mariachi is a folk style of music traditionally consisting of (5) five musicians. Wearing a charro suit. they are most memorably heard playing a popular song called LA CUCARACHA which translate to a cockroach, on the street. At festivals or in restaurants. TRADITION IN MEXICO
¨ Is Called LAS POSADAS from mid to the late
december. Neighborhoods gathered for colorful black parties. These processionals are meant to re- enact the journey of mary and joseph as they search for shelter in bethlehem. ¨ The posada festivities read a peak with the breaking of apinata. ¨ Mexicans believe in DAY OF THE DEAD a two-day long national holiday in mexico. Day of the dead or DIA DE LOS MUERTOS is about honoring and remember deceased love ones. ¨ Mexicans burn the lanterns the whole night to guide the comeback of the souls. The big doors that covers the graves are opened and, after a long wait, at dawn, the souls can finally establish contact with the mortals. ¨ The current issues is all about environment the government consider the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issue. It also includes the scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities serious air and water population in the national capital and urban center along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in valley of mexico caused by groundwater depletion. ¨ Laura Esquivel is born on September 30, 1950 she is 67 years of age. Esquivel is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter and a politician who serves in a chamber of diputies (2012-2018) for the morena party. Her first novel was “Como agua para chocolate”(like water for chocolate) became abest seller in Mexico and United states developed into an award winning film (1989). ¨ Her first novel was “Como agua para chocolate”(like water for chocolate) became abest seller in Mexico and United states developed into an award winning film (1989). ¨ UTTERED – carried to the utmost point or highest degrees. ¨ ABYSS – An emmasurably deep gulf or grate space.
¨ ABRUPTLY – Characterized by or involving action or
change without preparation or warning.
¨ DIETY – The rank or essential nature of a god.
¨ PROFUNDITY – The quality or state of being
profound or deep. ¨ COSMOS – An ordery harmonious systemate universe. ¨ ENORMOUS – Marked by extraordinality great size, number, or degree. Especially exceeding usual bounds or accepted nations. ¨ STERN – Having a definite hardness
¨ MANIFEST – Readily perceived by the senses
and specially by the sense of sight. ¨The story of Malinche is a kind of a novel. Malinalli is the protagonist in the story she is the lover of Cortes and a translator. ¨ Hernan Cortes gave the name to Malinalli being “the tounge” he is also the husband o f Malinalli. Portocarro the lord of Malinalli. ¨ The symbol of the literary work is “the tounge” because being the tounge is an enormous responsibility for Malinalli she is the only one who understand and have an skills to translate from one language to another one. The theme of the story is being responsible is the prove that you can handle any kind of responsibility ¨ Malinche is a novel from Mexico and Esquivel is from Mexico. According to Esquivel she wrote her novel because its “reflects upon the diverse and unpredictable revision that Malinalli mythical identity has undergone continuous since the period of the conquest seeking a middle ground between Malinalli’s autonomy and Malinche’s predertermination’’ thats why she is inspired to wrote a novel. ¨ The language use in the story is Spanish and Mexican language but it is translated to English. ¨ Religion, we all know that every people have their own perspective, they choose to believe in their own perceptions. ¨ We like the story because it talks about “responsibility” in our age we need to become responsible, because we believed that if we are responsible person it is the prove that we are matured enough to face our responsibility in this world.
Reflections through the Convex Mirror of Time / Reflexiones tras el Espejo Convexo del Tiempo: Poems in Remembrance of the Spanish Civil War / Poemas en Recuerdo de la Guerra Civil Española