HISTORICAL NOVELS

This dissertation examines the fictional portrayal of two definitive moments for the founding of modern Mexico: the Independence of 1810 and the Revolution of 1910. I establish connections between written and visual narratives produced in the 1980s and 1990s through a selection …

It is generally agreed that the novel is of European origin and that it was imported into non-European countries through colonial contact. While acknowledging this European precedence, it is important to also acknowledge the unique ways in which non-European authors indigenized …