By Miguel Tavares Advisor Donaldo Urioste

THE NOVEL OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION PROJECTED IN THE WORKS OF MARIANO AZUELA AND GREGORIO LOPEZ Y FUENTES

By Miguel TavaresAdvisor Donaldo Urioste

Abstract

For this literary investigation we will be focusing on the characteristics on the novel of the Mexican Revolution which occurred during 1910-1920 time period.  We will be using one of the novels of Mariano Azuela called The Underdogs, we see how the people of the lowest social status en Mexico see the revolution through their eyes. Also we will be focusing in another novel from Gregorio López y Fuentes called Tierra: la revolución agraria de México, in it we see how agricultural works fight for their land that was stolen by the rich.  We will see how these two novels are projected in the Mexican Revolution novel.

Why of the revolution

Aspired to the transformation of political systems economic and social

NO reelection in order to guarantee democracy to ensure, bread, land, justice and

freedom effective suffrage, agrarian reform

Mexican Revolution

Porfirio Diaz In power for more than 30 years The cientificos

Francisco I. Madero La succession presidenciál en 1910

Victoriano Huerta Dictatorship

Venustiano Carranza issued his Plan de Guadalupe, calling for

the restoration of the 1857 Constitution, and the elimination of Huerta. 

Alvaro Obregon  restored much needed stability to

Mexico

The novel of the Mexican Revolution

Reflects the political and social changes that occurred over ten years of the revolution in Mexico

the exploits of their heroes, leaders and participants of the revolution

The social revolutionary ideas offered a magnificent unreleased material

Characteristics

Realistic novel Autobiographical tone Reflects the desires, aspirations,

social ideals and the ideology of revolution

Interests of the humble classes, by the unanimous and forgotten man

Novel of social orientation

Mariano Azuela

1873-1952 born in Lagos de Moreno Jalisco Graduated from Liceo de Varones de

Guadalajara Doctor

Join the Military movement 1915 Northern division forces

The underdogs

Francisco Villa and its northern division troops

Demetrio Macias Fights against federal troops

Many don’t know the significance of the revolution Some join the revolution to scape the law

Chaos Looting, violence

Gregorio Lopez Y Fuentes

born in a town called Mamey in Veracruz his father was a poor farmer

had the opportunity to experience the rural life aware of the basic problems of

indigenous people Join the military movement

after the military coup of Victoriano Huerta

Tierra the agrarian revolution in Mexico

Emiliano Zapata and its southern division troops

Fight for the oppression of the indigenous people landlords, government and church

fight against the government a leader who takes up arms to strip

for an ideal

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Lopez Y Fuentes, Gregorio. Tierra La Revolucion Agraria En Mexico. Mexico, D.F: La Serpiente Emplumada, 2004. Print.

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