“The dream of the Pongo” and the interpretation of a culture

  • EZEQUIEL MALDONADO LOPEZ Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco
Keywords: Arguedas, Morales Bermúdez, “El sueño del pongo”, orality, Quechua, colonized

Abstract

In this essay I highlight the fondness that the author had for a story told to him by a comunero from the Andes that he then recreated –though preserving the original oral intention. Arguedas is aware of the difficulty in maintaining the original  story versus using literary creativity. Vargas Llosa’s viewpoint and his failure to understand the Native’s universe are studied. I describe the similarities between Arguedas’ and Jesus Morales Bermudez’s linking of radical projects, for example Arguedas with Quechua and Spanish, and Morales Bermudez with Spanish and Chol from northern Chiapas.

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Author Biography

EZEQUIEL MALDONADO LOPEZ, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco
Departamento de Humanidades.
Published
2014-07-01
How to Cite
MALDONADO LOPEZ, E. (2014). “The dream of the Pongo” and the interpretation of a culture. Revista Fuentes Humanísticas, 26(49), 61-69. Retrieved from https://fuenteshumanisticas.azc.uam.mx/index.php/rfh/article/view/61
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