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El Chulla Romero Y Flores
El chulla Romero y Flores is a 1958 novel by the Ecuadorian writer Jorge Icaza (1906–1978). The book explores mestizo cultural identity. The protagonist Romero y Flores is conflicted between identifying with either his father's Spanish descent or his mother's Amerindian origins. He finds the tranquility he has been searching for once he attains a balance of identity. The book has been translated into many languages, including Czech, German, French, among others. The book has not yet been translated into English. Criticism While Icaza's 1934 novel '' Huasipungo'' (English trans: ''The Villagers'', 1964) is his most famous work, many literary experts, such as Theodore Alan Sackett in ''El arte en la novelística de Jorge Icaza'' (1974), have hailed ''El chulla Romero y Flores'' as his masterpiece. Chulla meaning A chulla is a middle class man or woman of mixed European and Amerindian descent who scorns his Amerindian side while exalting his European side. The chulla is obsessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Icaza
Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel '' Huasipungo'', which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's indigenous people by Ecuadorian whites. He was born in Quito in 1906 and died of cancer in the same city in 1978. Career Playwright Jorge Icaza's literary career began as a playwright. His plays include ''El Intruso'' in 1928, ''La Comedia sin Nombre'' in 1929, ''Cuál es'' in 1931, ''Sin Sentido'' in 1932, and ''Flagelo'', which was published in 1936. After his 1933 playscript, ''El Dictador'', was censured, Icaza turned his attention to writing novels about the social conditions in Ecuador, particularly the oppression suffered by its indigenous people. Novelist With the publication of ''Huasipungo'' in 1934, Icaza achieved international fame. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mestizo
(; ; fem. ) is a term used for racial classification to refer to a person of mixed Ethnic groups in Europe, European and Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous American ancestry. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturally European even though their ancestors are not. The term was used as an ethnic/racial category for mixed-race that evolved during the Spanish Empire. Although, broadly speaking, means someone of mixed European/Indigenous heritage, the term did not have a fixed meaning in the colonial period. It was a formal label for individuals in official documents, such as censuses, parish registers, Inquisition trials, and others. Priests and royal officials might have classified persons as mestizos, but individuals also used the term in self-identification. The noun , derived from the adjective , is a term for racial mixing that did not come into usage until the twentieth century; it was not a colonial-era term.Rappap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huasipungo
''Huasipungo'' (hispanicized spelling from Kichwa ''wasipunku'' or ''wasi punku'', ''wasi'' house, ''punku'' door,Fabián Potosí C. et al., Ministerio de Educación del Ecuador: Kichwa Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu, Runa Shimi - Mishu Shimi, Mishu Shimi - Runa Shimi. Quito (DINEIB, Ecuador) 2009. (Kichwa-Spanish dictionary) "house door") is a 1934 novel by Jorge Icaza (1906-1978) of Ecuador. ''Huasipungo'' became a well-known "Indigenist" novel, a movement in Latin American literature that preceded Magical Realism and emphasized brutal realism. ''Huasipungo'' is often compared to John Steinbeck's '' Grapes of Wrath'' from 1939, as both are works of social protest. Besides the first edition of 1934, ''Huasipungo'' went through two more editions or complete rewritings in Spanish, 1934, 1953, 1960, the first of which was difficult for even natives of other Hispanic countries to read and the last the definitive version. Besides being an "indigenist" novel, ''Huasipungo'' has also b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonomasia
In rhetoric, antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon I; or, conversely, the use of a proper name as an archetypal name, to express a generic idea. A frequent instance of antonomasia in the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was the use of the term "the Philosopher" to refer to Aristotle. A more recent example of the other form of antonomasia (usage of archetypes) was the use of "Solons" for "the legislators" in 1930s journalism, after the semi-legendary Solon, lawgiver of Athens. Stylistically, such epithets may be used for elegant variation to reduce repetition of names in phrases. The word comes from the Greek , ''antonomasia'', itself from the verb , ''antonomazein'' 'to name differently'. Opposite examples See "archetypal name" for examples of the opposite kind of antonomasia. One common example in French is the word for ''fox:'' the Latin-derived french: goupil was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Couffon
Claude Couffon (May 4, 1926 – December 18, 2013) was a prolific Spanish to French translator, university professor, French poet, and an expert in Spanish and Latin American literature. Biography He taught Spanish and Latin American literature at Le Sorbonne, Paris, until he retired in 1991. Accolades Claude Couffon was a member of the Cuban Language Academy. Works Poetry books * Le Temps d’une ombre ou d’une image, 1973 * Célébrations, 1979 * Corps automnal, Caractères, 1981 https://www.google.com/opengallery/manage/items/20773232?hl=en&q=claude%20couffon&itemIds=hwHJTX1aPNZ34g * Absent Présent, Caractères, 1983 * À l’ombre de ce corps, 1988 * Intimité, 2008 Essays and Anthologies * À Caen avec les Canadiens, Rouff (Paris), 1949. * Les Japonais à genoux, Rouff (Paris), 1949. * À Grenade sur les pas de Garcia Lorca, Seghers, 1962. * Nicolas Guillen, coll. "Poètes d'aujourd'hui", Seghers, 1964. * L'Espagne, coll. "Monde et voyage", Larousse, 1964. * Rafael Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quichua
Kichwa (, , also Spanish ) is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia (''Inga''), as well as extensions into Peru. It has an estimated half million speakers. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar Highland Quechua, with most of the speakers. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II, according to linguist Alfredo Torero. Overview Kichwa syntax has undergone some grammatical simplification compared to Southern Quechua, perhaps because of partial creolization with the pre-Inca languages of Ecuador. A standardized language, with a unified orthography (, ), has been developed. It is similar to Chimborazo but lacks some of the phonological peculiarities of that dialect. The earliest grammatical description of Kichwa was written in the 17th century by Jesuit priest Hernando de Alcocer. First efforts for language standardization and bilingual education According to linguist Arturo Muyulema, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1958 Novels
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls to Earth from its orbit, and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. * January 31 – The first successful American satellite, Explorer 1, is launched into orbit. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite, to form the United Arab Republic. * February 6 – Seven Manchester United F.C., Manchester United footballers are among the 21 people killed i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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